Geronimo dies, succumbing to pneumonia after falling from his horse and lying in the cold. As he lay on his death bed he offered his regrets on his decision to surrender decades earlier:
"I should have never surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive."
He was promised he could return to his homeland, but like decades of promises prior to nearly every native tribe in North America, that too was a lie. |
| Geronimo portrait by Edward Curtis |
