SURRENDER OF GERONIMO
hereditary chief of the hostile Apaches hesitated to place himself in the hands of the palefaces. . . ."
Continuing his report, General Howard says:
". . . I believed at first from official reports that the surrender was unconditional, except that the troops themselves would not kill the hostiles. Now, from General Miles's dispatches and from his annual report, forwarded on the 21st instant by mail, the conditions are plain: First, that the lives of all the Indians should be spared. Second, that they should be sent to Fort Marion, Florida, where their tribe, including their families, had already been ordered. . . ."
D. S. Stanley, Brigadier General, telegraphs from San Antonio, Texas, October 22, 1886, as follows:
". . . Geronimo and Naiche re-
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