What is Geronimo?
[[File:Geronimo (Goyathlay), a Chiricahua Apache, full-length, kneeling with rifle, 1887 - NARA - 530880.jpg|thumb|200px|Geronimo]] '''Geronimo''' (''Chiricahua'' '''Goyaałé''' 'One Who Yawns'; often spelled '''Goyathlay''' in English), (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a well-known [[Native American]] leader, but not chief, of the Chiricahua [[Apache]] tribe, but he was a Bedonkohe Apache. He was born in what is now the state of [[New Mexico]] and was also a respected [[medicine man]]. The name Geronimo was given to him by Mexican soldiers who either called to [[Saint Jerome]] while fighting him or transcribed his name into [[Spanish language|Spanish]] wrong. He led 38 Apache men, women, and children to resist being sent to [[Indian reservation|reservations]] by the United States government or being captured by the Mexican Army. He surrendered in 1886. After that, he was moved to many different forts in the [[United States]]. In 1904 during the [[1904 St. Louis World Fair|world fair in St. Louis]], he sold souvenirs and pictures of himself. He died in 1909 from [[pneumonia]]. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Geronimo}} [[Category:1829 births]] [[Category:1909 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Native American people]] [[Category:People from Oklahoma]] [[Category:People from New Mexico]]