2023-09-04 01:05:00
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TO LISTEN. Rolled in flour by Washington, the old Apache warrior will die in 1909 with the regret of having ceased the fight.
Frederic Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
Published on 04/09/2019 at 01:05 – Modified on 04/09/2023 at 01:05
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At 57, the old warrior has hundreds of fights under his belt. His white victims number in the dozens. Men, women and children. But he paid a high price: twice, his family was massacred. Around him, thousands of warriors, squaws and children fell under the bullets of the American army. He’s been through it all, been through it all.
Geronimo belongs to the Apache Chiricahua tribe commanded by the famous Cochise. He is a shaman, a man-doctor, whose valor in battle commands respect. When he was born in 1829, his parents called him Go Khla Yeh, “the one who yawns”, then Guu Ji Ya, “the clever one”. Finally, he receives the name of Geronimo the day when the Mexicans whom he massacres invoke Saint Jerome (Geronimo). In 1858, returning to his…
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