I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.

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.