The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #148793   Message #3458992
Posted By: LadyJean
29-Dec-12 - 11:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Geronimo
Subject: RE: BS: Geronimo
The Apache had an oral tradition, not a written record. So, facts will be hard to come by. Goyateleh lead a raid on the feast of St. Geronimo, hence the nickname. Like most of the western Indians, Apache were occasional raiders, going after horses and other livestock. Not to different to what my Celtic forbearers did for fun. But white farmers on either side of the Rio Grande were not amused.

The lady I had for anthropology in college did some of her field work among the Navaho, (Dineh) She implied that Apache were kind of nuts. (Of course I've heard that said about Celts too.)