Geronimo Thesis

. Geronimo was born in 1829 in the upper Gila River country of Arizona. He grew up to dislike Mexican soldiers because they killed his wife, mother and his three children. He also dislikes Anglo Americans because they took over the region following the 1848 treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo. The Apache tribe was forced to live on Arizona San Carlos reservation in the mid 1870’s. Geronimo is a Native American leader of the Chiricahuia Apache tribe. He defended his people against the encroachment of the US on their tribal lands for over 25 years. He was not considered as a chief, but as a military and spiritual leader. He urged raids and war upon Mexican and later the US groups. He was married and had six different wives. He staged what was going