The previous evening, they had watched a film featuring Geronimo. A group of paratroopers were getting ready for a new manoeuvre, a “mass jump', in Fort Benning, Georgia. The military use of his name goes back to 1940. Geronimo’s life has been portrayed in several movies, including Geronimo: an American Legend. But this promise was never kept Geronimo died in 1909 in Fort Sill. In 1886, he again surrendered, getting a promise from Miles that he could return to Arizona after a period in Florida. Still with his small band, Geronimo was able to resist the force of nearly 5,000 soldiers under Miles.

The final campaign was commanded by General Nelson Miles. In 1884, he surrendered, but the following year he escaped. The sequence of capture and escape continued. But under Geronimo’s leadership, they left the reservation and continued their war against Spanish and American colonists. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.In 1874, American troops moved a few thousand Apaches to a reservation. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

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