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Title: Geronimo's Story of His Life

Author: Geronimo

Editor: Stephen Melvil Barrett

Release Date: February 18, 2010 [EBook #31318]

Language: English

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Geronimo's

Story of His Life

_Taken Down and Edited by_

S. M. BARRETT

_Superintendent of Education, Lawton, Oklahoma_

NEW YORK

DUFFIELD & COMPANY

1906

[Illustration: GERONIMO]

Copyright, 1905, by S. M. BARRETT

Copyright, 1906, by DUFFIELD & COMPANY

_Published September, 1906_

DEDICATORY

Because he has given me permission to tell my story; because he has read
that story and knows I try to speak the truth; because I believe that he
is fair-minded and will cause my people to receive justice in the
future; and because he is chief of a great people, I dedicate this story
of my life to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.

GERONIMO.

PREFACE

The initial idea of the compilation of this work was to give the reading
public an authentic record of the private life of the Apache Indians,
and to extend to Geronimo as a prisoner of war the courtesy due any
captive, _i. e._, the right to state the causes which impelled him in
his opposition to our civilization and laws.

If the Indians' cause has been properly presented, the captives' defense
clearly stated, and the general store of information regarding vanishing
types increased, I shall be satisfied.

I desire to acknowledge valuable suggestions from Maj. Charles Taylor,
Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Dr. J. M. Greenwood, Kansas City, Missouri, and
President David R. Boyd, of the University of Oklahoma.

I especially desire in this connection to say that without the kindly
advice and assistance of President Theodore Roosevelt this book could
not have been written.

Respectfully,
S. M. BARRETT.
LAWTON,