I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.

S. In his old age Geronimo became a celebrity. He pleaded in his memoirs that his people who surrendered had been misled and that his surrender as a war prisoner was conditioned in front of uncontested witnesses (especially General Stanley).

"Geronimo" was the name given to him during a battle with Mexican soldiers. His Chiricahua name is often rendered as Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English. S.