Friday, April 11, 2014

Extract from "Geronimo's Story of His Life"


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"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honour was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust....
Soon I led a charge against them [Mexican infantry and cavalry]...In all the battle I thought of my murdered mother, wife, and babies--of my father's grave and my vow of vengeance and I fought with fury,  Many fell by my hand..."

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