Show GERONDIO AS HE IS An IntcrcstIng Story from the Wife of a Cavalry Officer We had quite an exciting day yesterday yester-day Soon after 8 a m Captain Lawton and Mr Gatewood arrived with the Indians In-dians twenty bucks with squaws and children They all rode on to the parade grounds over the leG troop barracks where Natchez and Geronimo were Then they dismounted and their ponies were taken away and they were disarmed One little Indian when he had seen them taking away their arms threw down his bow and arrows Natchez and Geronimo having gotten here first had had time to adorn themselves with new clothing from the store Mrs Natchez was resplendent in pink calico She is only 15 and sticks close to her lord Natchez has really a fine face for an Indian I saw Mrs Natchez walk over to where the squaws were folding the blankets that had I been taken from the ponies and after rummaging a while she fished out a baby in a basket or whatever they call those arrangements This was Geronimos grandchild and it was only two days old The mother had ridden about seventy miles since it was born Soon after their arrival the band I which arrived the night before from Huachuca General Miles having sent fort for-t struck up and played it was really inspiring Captain Lawton was most warmly received and congratulated General Miles woaWnt risk their remaining here a day but had made arrangements to send them on at once to Florida At 11 or soon after they went Captain Lawton and all of the command who cared to go went with them to Florida General Miles going with them as far Albuquerque In the meantime we went down to the barracks and had a good look at them Geronimo was smiling all the time and looking very goodnatured and evidently thoroughly satisfied with himself He grinned at my baby and me and seemed very much I amused at the fancy my child took to an Indian baby about his own age whom he wanted to hug They all seemed glad to think they were going where their relations rela-tions were in Florida I never saw the slightest trace of fatigue or of being worn out in any of them They all seemed as fresh as though they had just started on the warpath and there is no doubt but that they would never have been caught if they had chosen to stay out Geronimo has nothing noth-ing in the world the matter with him Soon after 11 a quantity of wagons were driven up in front of the barracks and the Indians were stowed away Natchez and his wife and Geronimo and his brother going down in a buckboard General Miles also took his leave Geronimo took a violent fancy to the General and couldnt be kept away from him he admired ad-mired his looks and everything about him There was something perfectly irresistible ir-resistible to me about Geronimos behavior be-havior and appearance The old villain with his bad shrewd cunning face and treacherous character looking so peace ul and smiling and putting on all the airs of a good Indian 1 laughed every time I caught his eye and he laughed too as if he were confessing his shame When they were all stowed away in the wagons and about to start the band struck up again and played them out of the post I believe General Miles sent for the band out of compliment to Captain Cap-tain Lawton Rochester Union |