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Show STILL HATES WHITES. OEflONIMO. APACHK CHlEP, . LONOB FOH WAIII'ATH. jka II Cloaal- Ooardart by t'nllM Hiatal KoldUra, llna-ar, Th-ra I, No r of IIU Thranl Natar llsi llaaa I'aconcllad lo IIU tala. Oeronlmo, the noted Apache thief, -who U held A prisoner at Fort SMI, Okla., by the federal government, still drawa a pension of 835 a month ns n ecout, though ho la not allowed to carry a loaded Eiin. He fares well. Indeed, In his confinement, for not only do the soldiers treat him klndljr, but lie Is allowed to dispose of his bead--work and other fancy article which lie turns out, and this furnishes an nddltlonal Income of 8M00 a enr The -old rascal nevertheless complains of , Ills treatment to Tlsltora and expresses the wish that ho might die, apparently apparent-ly with the object of exciting their sympathy and perhaps opening their purse strings. Oeronlmo remains Irreroncllalilo, lie hates the white man and his chief desire In llfo Is to escape nnd wield the tomahawk again. Oeronlmo Is now probably 80 rears old, though ho dora not know his age. lie was with Victoria when that chieftain went against the Mexicans, and later he de- I veloped Into a leader htirsolf. He Is a born leader of redskins, for the reason rea-son that he claims to be not onlr a fighting man but also a medicine man, nnd It takes n man who can talk with unseen beings to make a really deep Impression upon tho Indian. Oeronlmo made Ills Drat raid In 1881, when he inarched against the town of l'lma, Arli, and with a few warriors sue- ... . ceeded In wiping out tho wholo popu lation of COO souls. This wns followed lr other atrocities until ho wns captured cap-tured In 1887, having cost the United States government nearly 81.000,000 In Kiting chnse to him. He and his band of 200 fighters were taken to Kort I'tckent, Kin., but owing to tho hot cllmato they could not llvo there nnd -were transferred some flvo years ngj 1o Fort Rill, whero they liaro since remained, with the exception of a trip to Omaha three years ago. Oeronlmo la small In stature, possessed pos-sessed of a keen face and n piercing eye. Tho blue In Ills cya Is of that peculiar steely color that arouses un- 'Saw vpjnrnMjJA 1 )$m aiiltO.NIMO AS IIU IS TODAY. pleasant sensations In the mind. His -color Is a dark red. Oeronlmo smokes cigarettes tbrso days and would drink ' Are water had he the privilege, lie lias six wires, but lives with none of !tthem. His favorite daughtor, Eva, lives with him when sho Is at her home. Ho gives her sufficient money ito send her to an eastern school eight ituonths In the year. Oeronlmo does no work; that Is, such as raising a crop of corn or millet llu ', gets rent-tree a two-room houso to live In, but he keeps his ponies there- I In and resides, himself, In a tepee. Alt of the Apaches who aro hold as war , ti prisoners llvo In tents and keep their '1 horses In tho houses furnished for ( them. |