The George Catlin Indian Gallery
in the US National Museum - Smithsonian Institution
by Donaldson, 1887
Published by the Government Printing Office
Autographed by Burbank in 1901
Book
Private Collection
Harvard, IL
Inserted within the book at page 79 was the newspaper clipping to the right, dated March 17, 1902:
GERONIMO TO BE RELEASED AFTER TEN YEARS
Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean.
FORT SILL, Ok., March 16. - Geronimo, the notorious Apache chief, is to be released after ten years of captivity. He has asked to be permitted to become a citizen, and promises to be good.
Geronimo is one of the most notorious of recent Indian fighters. He is to the Southwest what Sitting Bull at one time was to the Dakotas. Geronimo, after many bloody escapades, was finally made a permanent Federal prisoner. Ten years ago he was placed on a farm in Florida, where he was kept under strict surveillance, with his family and a few of his followers. From this farm he repeatedly undertook plots to stir up the Indians. He was finally taken to Fort Sill, and, as he is now getting old and appears to have lost his desire for more red mens wars it is believed that his release will be attended with no danger.
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