Show OLD CHIEF GERONIMO BIDS TRIBESMEN ADIEU I Indian mum Warrior Crit Critically HI Ill II n awl amlie on am onIle the lie Ile Way lY Jo to Ills HIs Happy Hunting Ground Lawton Okla April t I K G. r. Decrepit old Geronimo chief arid and HII mo most inmost t noted warrior of tnt the once famous and louis ous Apache tribe of or whom it I ha has been heen y id that thaI he ho has killed kled-inor kled more white than any amy other living Indian Is s critically ly ill I at nt his his mis home on till In Fort Sill Sil military reservation reser aton and amid tho those e of tine the the tribe who have observed d signs and anti mystic Ic ceremonies ies for fOI or several years ea declare that he can last but but a few fow lays days For the tine past mast few tots months h he hi has ha grown weaker and his sight dimmer dim dim- minor mer mol hut but with wih the tine assumed vivacity of ot youth an and untold grit rl he has succeeded suc suc- uc- uc Jn In keeping hl his condition from I his people until recent recently Two da days I ago he went to the woods an and amid tot cut a aJo In an air ni hour the news vs I spread throughout time the tribe line that tho lie warrior was I leaning upon a n stick for Cor sun support FIle They gathered around him anti and then lien he im I revea revealed re hen Ii hl his is real 11 co condition I t Want lt to 10 Stay Star with tt Ploll People When his hi biographer called caled upon him today GeronImo sl saidI said I am ani praying to the time white mans man's God GOll who wino has made madl me mine a man main fit ft for COI heaven to tn spare my life fO for a few fewel years el longer to spare It I until I am freed from custody and see C m my people In free flee homes home God OmI knows know m my heart heartIs hert hertIA Is IA good but I am ann telling Him that my people nee need me here heie more than I Iam Iam Iann am ann needed In the better bolter boter world worle For t two wo da days Geronimo has inns been bidding his hlA people peole adieu when tine they call cal upon him him- He lie le is 76 years ears of age and Is living 1 with wih hl his Imis eighth 1 wife fe whom he married on last Christmas da day Geronimo was waR recent recently selecteD selected as D representative of or the line tribe to accompany accompany accompany ac ac- ac- ac company A Asa Geronimos Geronimo's successor to Arizona to hunt for lands anes for Cor the tine tribe Permission for leave leoe of ab absence ence has been applied for at the tine war department by LicuL Purington |