Geronimo by Vivian Sotelino https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz Westward Expansion en-us 2021-12-15 18:51:38 UTC 2022-01-06 19:11:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Section 1: Geronimo was a leader who wanted to avenge the death of his family, and they're the reason he was such a fighter. vs28165 https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1950240084 -While Geronimo was away on a trading trip in 1851, Mexican soldiers led by Colonel Jose Maria Carrasco attacked his family’s camp
-Geronimo's wife, Alope, and their three children were all murdered
-Many other people were murdered as well and Geronimo was a lucky survivor
-This tragedy made him despise anyone who attempted to subject him or his people
-He then hunted down his family’s killers and devoted his life to avenging them
-He defended his land and people against attacks by Mexican soldiers and the southwestern United States during the 1870's and 1880's]]> 2021-12-15 19:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1950240084 Section 2: Geronimo should be honored for the way he fought for his land and people vs28165 https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1951626490 -In 1885 Geronimo led 135 Apache followers to escape from the reservation
-In order to not be captured, he often pushed his group to travel as far as 70 miles per day
-While they were free, they raided Mexican and American settlements sometimes killing civilians
-In March of 1886, General George Crook forced Geronimo to surrender, but at the last minute, Geronimo and 40 followers escaped under cover of darkness
-5,000 U.S troops and 3,000 mexican troops tried to capture them
-They kept secret for 5 months until Geronimo turned himself in to General Nelson Miles in September 1886
-Geronimo and his fellow captives were sent to the Comanche and Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma
-Geronimo spent 14 years in the reservation only leaving when the government allowed him]]> 2021-12-16 12:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1951626490 Quote vs28165 https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1954214986 "I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive." - Geronimo]]> 2021-12-17 19:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1954214986 Bibliography vs28165 https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1979373487 -AmericanIndian.edu. americanindian.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item?id=677. Accessed 17 Dec. 2021.
-"Geronimo." History.com, www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/geronimo. Accessed 13 Dec. 2021.
-"Geronimo." Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo.
-"Geronimo." World Book Online, www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar222600. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.]]> 2022-01-06 19:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vs28165/cbvc46e2e40smmtz/wish/1979373487