Geronimo: Difference between revisions

===Prisoner of war===

[[File:Apache prisoners.jpg|thumb|left|Band of Apache Indian [[Prisoner of war|prisoners]] at rest stop beside Southern Pacific Railway, near Nueces River, Tex. (Geronimo is third from the right, in front), September 10, 1886.]]

Geronimo and other Apaches, including the Apache scouts who had helped the army track him down, were sent as prisoners to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. The Army held them there for about six weeks before they were sent to [[Fort Pickens]], in [[Pensacola]], Florida, and his family was sent to [[Fort Marion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/guis/historyculture/the-apache.htm|work=nps.gov|title=Gulf Islands National Seashore – The Apache (U.S. National Park Service)|accessdate=May 24, 2009 |postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> They were reunited in May 1887, when they were transferred to [[Mount Vernon Arsenal|Mount Vernon Barracks]] near [[Mobile, Alabama]] for seven years. In 1894, they were moved to [[Fort Sill]], [[Oklahoma]]. In his old age, Geronimo became a celebrity. He appeared at fairs, including the [[1904 World's Fair]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], where he reportedly rode a ferris wheel and sold souvenirs and photographs of himself. However, he was not allowed to return to the land of his birth. He rode in [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s 1905 inaugural parade.<ref name="Turner"/>