My essay is on a Geronimo (Goyaale’) the famous native American chief,
A Military leader, A Great Patriot Warrior, Medicine man for Chicahua Apache tribe.
He fought against, both United States and Mexico as they invaded his tribal land known
as famously as the Apache wars. The reason why I choose this person; I’m a 5th generation
blood relative to this great native American warrior; my material grandfather is 4th generation
and is full blooded Apache Indian, my grandfather would tell us grandchildren some wonderful
stories that were pass down to him about this famous warrior Geronimo.
Geronimo was born in 1829 and grew up in what is present-day Arizona and Mexico.
He was born in Canon, Arizona in June, 1829 in the south western region of Arizona. He was
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The 4th in a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls. As a child he learned about myths and Legends if his people (Apache) He taught himself how to worship the land, his mother was his teacher and taught him how to knee and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom & protection. At young age, he was groomed how to follow the tribe medicine man, while his brother and sisters were taught now field, planting crops and cultivating the land for the tribe. Geronimo was the caretaker of the family, he was the 4th child and in Apache number 4 is magic number. During this time his tribe, the Chiricahua Apaches clashed with non-Indian settlers trying to take their land. In 1858, Geronimo’s family was murdered by Mexicans. Seeking revenge, he later led raids against Mexicans and Americans settlers the war between the Mexicans and the Apache started, this was the beginning of the warrior Geronimo what a massacre it was, over the next decade they battled federal troops and raided on the white settlements.
During this time,
Geronimo and his supporters were forces back into the reservation in east-central Arizona.
Conditions on the reservation were restrictive and harsh, Geronimo and some of his follower
escaped, by then all three tribes Chokonen, Nedni and Bedonkehe formed a band of brothers.
The mighty native American warrior had battled for 30 years to protect his tribe’s homeland
By 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles
accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to the
U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian wars in the Southwest. Geronimo and a band
Of Apaches were sent to Florida and then Alabama, eventually ending up at the Comanche
And Kiowa reservation near Fort sill, Oklahoma Territory, there Geronimo became a successful
Farmer and converted to Christianity. He participated in President Theodore Roosevelt’s
Inaugural parade in 1905. Geronimo lived a peaceful life until February 17, 1909 he died at
Fort Sill. His resting place in in
Oklahoma.
Robert E. Lee once said, “What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.” The Mexican war is about to start and Robert E. Lee will play a big part in it. Before and during the Mexican war, Lee will serve under General Winfield Scott, and Scott will have great influence on him (History.com “American Civil”). America had an idea of “Manifest Destiny which was American who believed it was their destiny to spread their culture across the continent to the Pacific. During the Mexican War, Lee proved to be a combat leader, leading to his involvement in the Civil War for the Confederate States of America (Robert Rudolph).
On June 25, 1876, The Battle of Little Bighorn took place near the Black Hills in Montana. This was one of the most controversial battles of the 20th century and the line between good guys and bad guys was grey at best. Gen. George Armstrong Custer (reduced to LTC after the civil war) had 366 men of the 7thU.S. Cavalry under his command that day. Sitting Bull (A Medicine Man) led 2000 braves of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes (Klos, 2013). At the conclusion of the battle, the stories of the Indians savagery were used to demonize their culture and there were no survivors from the 7thcavalry to tell what really happened.
effort to unite and resist. The land that was occupied first was theirs, he believed. The land, he
Tecumseh ,Shawnee war chief, was born at Old Piqua, on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774, his father, Puckeshinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and in 1779 his mother, Methoataske, accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri, later died. Raised by an older sister, Tecumpease, Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother, Chiksika, on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in the late 1780’s. Chiksika had a vision that he would not survive the battle at Buchanan’s station he went ahead as plan and attacked the stockade and was mortally wounded and was carried from the battle field and the dying warrior asked not to be buried but to be placed on a hill. Tecumseh and the other’s retreated back to a Cherokee village where most went back to Ohio while Tecumseh and some other warriors stayed behind. After that Tecumseh went on mostly hunting but occasionally attacking settler’s. After that moved back towards home and come to find out that the Shawnee’s had moved on to where it’s much safer. The battle of Fallen Timber’s broke confidence in British assistance as well as many casualties. Pissed off by the Indian defeat, he refused to sign the Treaty of Greenville (1795). In the 1800’s Tecumseh began to show signs of a prominent war chief. He led a group of yong Indian warriors to a village on the White River in east-central Indiana. There in 1805 Lalawethika ex...
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War, the Invasion of Mexico, the U.S. Intervention, or the United States War Against Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Riot. Through this time, supply ships from San Blas continued to be unpredictable and the missions—with their native workers—were worried to provide for the population. When the native groups began to resist the bigger demands, they were placed under firmer military control. Also, additional tribes were gathered, mixed, and combined into dense groups in order to serve the payment. Under these conditions, new diseases quickly spread and native cultures were further disrupted.
A young Apache at the time, Geronimo set out one day with his family from their homeland, which is now located in southeastern Arizona, on a trading mission into Mexico. Many other families also went with him. The men went into town to trade each day, leaving their families behind. On this momentous evening, they returned home to find that Mexican soldiers had ferociously attacked their camp. They had murdered their women and children and stolen their supplies and horses. The dead were scattered everywhere. Geronimo’s wife, three children, and his mother were among those slaughtered. He found their bodies lying in a pool of blood. “I had lost all,” Geronimo said. His heart was broken. He would never be the same again. The loss of his family led Geronimo to a lifelong hatred of all Mexicans. He was filled with hatred, and he would spend a lifetime pursuing vengeance for all that he and his people had lost. He became one of the most feared Apache warriors of all time. The career and accomplishments of Apache warrior Geronimo were indicative of the fight for a Native American way of life in conflict with that of the progressing American frontiersmen and Mexican soldiers.
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United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the
On April 23, 1791, a great man was born; fifteenth president of the United States, James Buchanan.He was born near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. His father, James Buchanan, and his mother Elizabeth Speer Buchanan, raised their son a Presbyterian. He grew up in a well to do home, being the eldest of eleven other siblings. His parents cared for them all in their mansion in Pennsylvania. They sent him to Dickinson College.
Utley, R., Wilcomb, W. The American Heritage History of The Indian Wars. New York: American Heritage.
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