Real photo postcard titled in the negative "Geronimo - The Greatest Indian Chief - as a US Prisoner." Copyright 1909 to W.H. Martin, meaning the photograph was taken at Fort Sill in the final year of Geronimo's life. Accompanied by a chromolithographed postcard published by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, based on an Irwin photograph of Geronimo posed with a Dance & Brothers revolver. Geronimo (1829-1909) was one of the last "holdouts," refusing to acknowledge U.S. occupation of the West. He fought against both American and Mexican troops, trying to maintain the traditional territory of the Chiricahua Apache. His military involvement dates from an 1858 Mexican Army raid on an Apache camp occupied primarily by women and children. Geronimo's wife, children, and mother were killed along with many others. The Apache started retaliatory raids on Sonoran towns to great effect. Geronimo was such an effective fighter that he eventually was credited with having many "powers" - such as the ability to disappear, walk without leaving tracks, survive gunshot wounds, etc. The constant raiding took its toll, however. In 1886 the Americans sent Henry Lawton and Co. B of the 4th US Cavalry to bring in Geronimo dead or alive. Lawton maintained pursuit to the point where the band could not rest, even overnight. Geronimo decided to surrender. He was sent to Fort Pickens in Florida, then to Mount Vernon in Alabama, and in 1894 to Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, where he lived the rest of his life. While Geronimo always had a guard (a "keeper"), he eventually interacted with Americans, becoming something of a celebrity. He went to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, rode in Teddy Roosevelt's 1905 inaugural parade, and made appearances in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He reportedly became quite the entrepreneur, charging people for his photo, autograph, and anything he had on. He would go out and cut the buttons off his shirt and sell them for 25 cents each; he would sell his hat for $5. Then go home in the evening, sew more buttons on his shirt, get another hat, and he was ready for another day. He reportedly had $10,000 in the bank when he died - a fortune in 1909. Provenance: The M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection
Real photo postcard titled in the negative "Geronimo - The Greatest Indian Chief - as a US Prisoner." Copyright 1909 to W.H. Martin, meaning the photograph was taken at Fort Sill in the final year of Geronimo's life. Accompanied by a chromolithographed postcard published by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, based on an Irwin photograph of Geronimo posed with a Dance & Brothers revolver. Geronimo (1829-1909) was one of the last "holdouts," refusing to acknowledge U.S. occupation of the West. He fought against both American and Mexican troops, trying to maintain the traditional territory of the Chiricahua Apache. His military involvement dates from an 1858 Mexican Army raid on an Apache camp occupied primarily by women and children. Geronimo's wife, children, and mother were killed along with many others. The Apache started retaliatory raids on Sonoran towns to great effect. Geronimo was such an effective fighter that he eventually was credited with having many "powers" - such as the ability to disappear, walk without leaving tracks, survive gunshot wounds, etc. The constant raiding took its toll, however. In 1886 the Americans sent Henry Lawton and Co. B of the 4th US Cavalry to bring in Geronimo dead or alive. Lawton maintained pursuit to the point where the band could not rest, even overnight. Geronimo decided to surrender. He was sent to Fort Pickens in Florida, then to Mount Vernon in Alabama, and in 1894 to Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, where he lived the rest of his life. While Geronimo always had a guard (a "keeper"), he eventually interacted with Americans, becoming something of a celebrity. He went to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, rode in Teddy Roosevelt's 1905 inaugural parade, and made appearances in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He reportedly became quite the entrepreneur, charging people for his photo, autograph, and anything he had on. He would go out and cut the buttons off his shirt and sell them for 25 cents each; he would sell his hat for $5. Then go home in the evening, sew more buttons on his shirt, get another hat, and he was ready for another day. He reportedly had $10,000 in the bank when he died - a fortune in 1909. Provenance: The M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection
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