Sunday, April 9, 2017

Biography post 2) Significant moment

A very significant moment in Geronimo's life time was his marriage to Alope and the tragedy that befell her and her three kids (Biograhpy.com,2015)While out on a trading trip Mexican soldiers attacked his camp, word of the ransacking soon reached the Apache men and quietly that night Geronimo returned home (Biograhpy.com,2015). Where he found his mother, wife and three children all dead (Biograhpy.com,2015). The murders of his wife and three kids devastated him (Biograhpy.com,2015). Fallowing Apache tradition Geronimo set fire to his family's belongings and then went into the wilderness to morn the deaths (Biograhpy.com,2015). While doing this he heard voice speak to him saying "No gun will ever kill you. I will take the bullets from the guns of the Mexicans … and I will guide your arrows." (Biograhpy.com,2015) Backed by this sudden knowledge of power, Geronimo rounded up a force of 200 men and hunted down the Mexican soldiers who killed his family (Biograhpy.com,2015).

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