“Well, he was never a very good Indian…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

found several mines varying in richness, and made several small sales, but the Indians were bad, Geronimo being very troublesome two years ago. Since leaving Riverside in ’78, I have thoroughly propected through Arizona and New Mexico.” “You speak about Geronimo, was he bad.” “Well, he was never a very good Indian. We had him killed several times out in the territories, but he always managed to turn up at unexpected times and in unexpected places. Once he and fifty of his tribe called on me just at my dinner hour. He came very near taking me — three bullets passed through my clothes. For a few moments I wished I was in Riverside. Geronimo pursued a campaign pe- culiarly his own. If his surprise was intercepted, he never stopped to make a fight, very seldom.