Geronimo spent most of the rest of his life seeking revenge. He became a war leader and led many raids on mexican towns and villages, as well as settlements in southwestern new mexico and … Those mexican adversaries gave him the nickname of “geronimo,” the spanish version of the name “jerome. ” in ever-increasing numbers, geronimo fought against both mexicans and white settlers as …

A chiricahua apache religious and military leader, geronimo was born in the 1820s, perhaps near present clifton, arizona. His apache name was goyahkla (one who yawns). He achieved a …