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This Day In History, September 4th, 2020 – “Geronimo Surrenders”



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It was just 134 years ago today, September 4, 1886, when Geronimo, leader of the Chiricahua Apache, enemy to the Mexicans and Americans, and other Apache tribes, surrendered at Fort Bowie on the Arizona, New Mexico border to General Nelson Miles. For decades, the Apache had been fighting the United States Army, only to escape across the border and fight the Mexicans.

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In legend and lore, most students of the fighting between Americans and various Indigenous tribes look to the famous last stand of General George Armstrong Custer. However, some of the most vicious fighting between the United States and the tribes took place in Arizona. Before Geronimo, Cochise was the scourge of the land, but Geronimo was something else. In fact, it took Apache scouts enlisted in the U.S. Army to track them down. The situation got so bad; the Mexican government even allowed the U.S. to cross the border and send in troops. On this date, Geronimo surrendered, and most of the Apaches with Geronimo were resettled in Florida. Geronimo, a warrior from the start, who became enemy to many, was finally brought to heel in Arizona, 134 years ago, today.


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