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Geronimo Surrenders End of Our Indian Wars
Elmo Scott Watson recounts the 1886 surrender of Geronimo to Gen. Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon ending centuries of conflict. The piece notes earlier resistances by Cochise and others, the pursuit by Lawton and Gatewood, and Geronimo's final decision to lay down arms on September 6, 1886.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ifty
Geronimo
Nelson A. Miles
Opechancanough
Jamestown
Ginia
Philip
Pontiac
Little Turtle
Wayne
Fallen Timbers
Tecumseh
Osceola
Black Hawk
Sauk
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Maneene
Thon
Maco
Cochise
San Carlos
Arizona
Mexico
Ojo Caliente
N. M
John P. Clum
Clum
Naiche
Sierra Madres
Crook
Lawton
Sixth Cavalry
Charles B. Gatewood
West Point
Miles
Skeleton Canyon
Gatewood
Florida