| Show r Geronimo is Turning Good Goodz T z Indian in His Old Age 2 I 2 u It ota u Although by II no means m ani a n dead Indian or likely to b be one une for a 1 long to c come m fr from m all O OA mo th tits famous warrior Is la a 0 good goal In dlan nowadays Not from rye ever r for tor U t burrs bore Mm lohn 1 O T The rhe he r lOn he it IQ I good food Is that as aH a It prisoner I ot of war Kt at Fort 1 ort Sill Oklahoma ha hi hOI has hasto to b Lv be He who was wall once the meanest mean t tand and mo toast mot t bloodthirsty bP Indian chief that ever or fought the government now loads n a julet and anI peaceful i r ful life lite that IB Is In striking contra contrast t to the old ohl lays days Jn In n fact Jit he h U Is I rather ra ther proud of ot It In n mo roo menta menu pf of If confidence he ha admits that he would like to do du It nil Ill over One of nt th the thing over which he gloats ts its III n that be he personally has hI ten tell whites whiles 8 In a Inele battle It In III alio 1110 n a matter of It If pride to 10 Ile hl old age ae that he hats haa let led forays fora wh r lii as se many a RI as SOO pale pille palefaces fac tl faces 8 were rf lIe He hat has R p j set br lirt bred in mate tusto Wr t r rIn In i I Such u h 1 III a a English ln lIh that It h Iti I well to hi hire an If It one delre to get el an nn tulle talk out of ot inn him Also It Ir II l 11 to hire Q He lie do does not talk fur for a 1 fact of at the writer was waa ed Im Immediately mediately me U alion n him A dollar bill loosened his hie hi tongue but to the nut question asked how he liked hi W his pr invent position he save gave rather to lilt he liked the place Then he h said that the soldiers him had bad badly ly Iy Aa ta n It he added that lint lie ht lieA A A AA A A A A AAA AA A tU u 1 u w w W Wi ii t i o J dl dle In the subsequent lubs con oon vors eIM t n hi Ii Is allegations of menu ment and in nd I hU his pitting for death cropped frequency It Is la out w 1 Ih I I said t ty j t 1111 tl g that he repeats rel this thin to all al ill ti vl whereby thereby their pity tY IM Is I oi ar 11 n i 1 arld they Ilu uy hl his I beadwork and an t t at nn an advance por over tho the I mark t rater rate AM A lI t l the he th old eI d ell of hits hns ha a nn on n way Y at t the he amt tilot i mt lilt life lice The foit fort u him hint with hi s and nn con COil MCI in ii 11 allowing him all till flit privileged legel under tinder the rules gov sov III a of ot prisoners ul of oC war ills 1118 i b I in II peculiar In tn tits this respect aspect j that Ph Ii uh a prisoner he Is la a 0 paid ii th Ye of ot the government 1 He Ile dru i per month aa though ho h is k I mt to carry a il lit Ia n no work worl tn to do du mm mill must ild f his hi time making nn and 1 th i fancy ancy articles to noil Noll ell white Viet tt oa Out OUI of f t Ihl this trade the tho soldiers think li ltd makes maki no less lees than 2000 a year n Ir 1 l i kid cd tl It If he had any nil money by f fr r n reply day clay he replied d In hi his gut tU il d hi hiM M I nn n ii save cave money e Jle Me I spend It for or orI I Y Ami Atul heap hell II die h like lice n hove hlLl gladness and Bee seo fun tUII favorite daughter By Ily EMI ir v le I his hll squaws tH he means insane his WOH whon In tho the thoIn In v gladness Is la and greet nt deal of ou ous lh K nn ti a tr lie old 1111 11 mans money mOMY Roes goes oel Into the amt itil never nearer comes out again UP lie HeI lieIs gem cam In Is poor rambler gambler so far ns liS win vIn I a 1 very H m with that un an K H but bUl ho plays which when coupled with skill makes the lie mast m sUccessful JIo lo le Is la a a 11 reckless better ii and J runs a strong blurt bluff lIe He never about a abet abet bet and It If you ou raise c him ho he will tool you In the tho eyes and If It he ho thinks you are Arc will raise you yO n stiff aunt num Ono One can never read by his face tace whether or not he ho has a IL KOCH good goodhand hand Hut tut tho tutu weakness of ot his hili poker game Is he that ho almost overbids over overbids bids his hand Poker and monto fire are archis his favorite games and the Is In the Iho scene atone of ot many highly ox citing mid cowboys I often of tell sit alt In the games with the In Indians Indin din liS One curious trait of or the tho old duet chief Is la lathat that when ho he makes a n big blK at ol curds cards or 01 hats has a II large Iare ealo of ho the tho proceeds to tho the little children In tn camp enrol to spend for tor school books Much of ot Ills his money mono goes to his favorite daughter llva and his squaw tons The l he daughter of oC o gets gell little love from tram her hor father This Title Is be because cause abe nho married a n 1 white whit and wits W still worse In the eyes ees of ot thu tho father fathera a cowboy cow buy Is he said fluid to ho bo 80 SO He ire OOCH not tut know lire his age ugo He Ire was vas 19 with Vie ic turin when that chieftain went vent against tI the Mexicans and later he lie developed Into Int a n I leader Irader himself He lie Is in a n born lender leader of ot redskins for tor the reason that he Is not nut only a II lighting man but 1111 also al o on u n medicine mar man and sad It Il takes lakes a 11 man who win talk with unseen beings b to tomake tomake make n really duel deep Impression on tip Indian Geronimo Is he 1 small In It stature pos pou possessed seised of ot a n keen face faco rind and a n piercing eye l The he blue bille In his eye 01 Is he of at that peculiar steely color that l arouses unpleasant sensations 8 In tho the mind Ills face U is und and his hla hands hans are and rough His Ills color Ian ts s n a dark red I mo ale smokes cigarettes thene days and i would drink hud had he lie tho the privilege I lies liege Ho lie has six Nix wives but lives with none of lit them Ills His favorite daughter lOva Esa dives with him him when she Is nt III home He ire gives HIs her hor money to send semI her to an Eastern school eight months montha In tho the year ear Geronimo does docs no work that 1 Is such ns as a Crop CIOl of ot corn or millet lie gets Its rent tree free a two room house to live 1110 In III but ho he keeps his ponies therein and Ind resides In ft a 1 tepee All 11 of ot the Apaches who are aro held as ns war prisoners live In Intents Intents tents teniA and keep their horses hornea hors In III the houses houlle furnished to them The Apache village is on an open plain In sight of at Fort Sill Bill In summer the tM tepees catch all of ot the dust and In winter the tho snow now sno flurries Into hate the doors It U would not bo be a white mans mon notion nollon of com cum comfort tort fort but the Indians like It ItA Ittel ItA A few tel weeks ago ngo daughter daugh daughter ter lava was taken tu ill with some gome akin skin disease nail was s as placed at the govern lovern government ment hospital hv at nl the tort fort A large boll appeared on her neck told tilt the white physician In charge that Ihal It should sh old 1 he be The fht white willie medicine man told toU that It should not nol When the doctor was not watching the tho theu nit ohl u air lor pulled out n a jackknife and opened the sore lion The soldiers placed Mm him In the guardhouse for tor three days but the th grit Improved Improve l dally thereafter Among the tho Apache is III t called an excellent doctor and they thoy will have 1110 no other While little n In sympathy s with modern civilization the tho tit old chief i appreciates ono one of or Its lis Inventions the camera camero He lie charges chaT to for or his picture He Ile always looks leaks his hits toughest In ha his pictures He lie likes hikes to strike an attitude altitude or HI d ferocity when b vein being ln photo photographed holo graphed The alder he grows grown the thi great groat greater ir lr le I t desire to make a fiendish tip Ap Five I years ago when ho he first prat came to Fort Port Sill SHI he 11 was content to wear white menu men clothes and eon con 8 to have himself photographed wearing thorn thom Now when whIm he poses pose he looks leoka like the timo redskin of the Apache tribe Title is because he s sees es that his war clothes attract more at lit attention from white visitors visitor He Ha does doell his best hest to give them their moneys worth orth and ami to live up UI to their expectations lions In talking about his war experience he ho spoke poke In the Apache language to this thin effect I do dD not know how hOI many white mn men killed They taunt must be hundreds I 1 hill hate killed ninny many women too Dot But t 1 I Imer never mer killed n a white baby bab I 1 like chill chil children urea dren I 1 will get out of ot this some same day and then will go back to Arizona and kill some of ot my enemies New York Sun |
