| Show CHIEF CURES HIS JEALOUSY 46 OU are arc jealous of jour s sister i that Is bad said balcho balche chief of the chiricahua apaches to the elder of his two alies one day 1 I will cure you so lie he threw a cartri cartridge dg into the chamber of ills his rifle and shot her the knees marital troubles of that sort seemed to run in Nal ches bamily an aa army officer who visited old Cuch Coc lilse lse ills his father in 1873 in the dragoon mountains arizona noticed that the chiefs hand N as badly burned in two circular holes lie ile asked about them and Coe cochise lilse explained that they had been made by his younger wife iio ho was jealous of the older she had bit him vo so badly that lie he had to cauterize ize the wound because Coel ilses son was constanty v leading its his playmates into trouble ie was nias given the name na si ai che which means mischievous or meddlesome dl di esome a prophetic name when old cochise died and tile the chieftainship passed on oil to lie he more thon upheld the traditions of lils his family lie ile first made his name kno known wn in 1881 when nhen lie led his chiricahua Chirl cahua warriors on oil devastating raids all over tho the southwest this band was known an Geron gerontinos linos ban band although as a matter of tact fact dalche was the real chief and geronemo Geron lino merely a warrior leader of considerable reno renown xii for five years they went their blood bloody way then in asso geronimo was finally cornered and forced to surrender to general miles did riot not surrender until a day dav later hiter he felt that it was appropriate for I 1 tin lin son of tile the 91 gibat eat cochise and orrt thief chief of the lie to be the last to lay down arms and conse cease fighting in the white hite mail whom lie he and lib ills fathers had for foi two centuries when tile the hostile wera mere finally settled at fort sill ns as prisoners of war they looked to balche as their lender leader lie ile was a most forceful anil and tell uble min man a proud and self respect in lile flain was aas gen cen hugh scotts to him became a member of the indian police force and proe l to be a faithful officer like I 1 Ceron into lie accepted liace ted christianity and i berva lien ill iier I 1 er alwais signed ills his n name clail aili balche Nai flir tie ile was vas signing g it ien he 1 curell ills his wife of jealousy after fter years of pleading the file chirl lalni ai krally were nere allowed to 0 o return to it arizona arii anil and in 1013 balche nan he hod had the s of lending leading his people back I 1 tu to I 1 livit I 1 lonnes li nines thea vo or r tile lip ili caero re lou |
