Category: Chiricahua Apache
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On this day in history, Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache leader, and medicine man, died of pneumonia. February 17, 1909.
Image: Geronimo (Goyaalé), a Bedonkohe Apache, kneeling with a rifle, 1887. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 17, 1909, Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache leader and medicine man, died of pneumonia; while riding home on his horse, he was thrown off. He survived the night out in the cold, but Geronimo’s health was deteriorating rapidly…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 