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The Chiricahua Apache
from the American Southwest...
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...were the last of the great tribes
to defy the United States government...
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...and its effort to impose
the reservation system.
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The Army, under the command
of Brigadier General George Crook...
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...was entrusted with the responsibility
of breaking this resistance.
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His campaign ended the Chiricahua
strongholds below the Mexican border.
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Brought to a conclusion the conflict...
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...that had raged through the Southwest
for nearly two decades.
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Tell old Nan and the others
we're not going to hurt them.
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We're not going anywhere.
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We don't want to fight.
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We came here to bring you
to our reservation.
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Tell your men that.
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Nantan Lupan only wants peace
with the Chiricahua.
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Live on the reservation.
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Only one Chiricahua warrior
and his band of renegades held out.
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Then, even he sent word that he would
give himself up in two months time.
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He was called Goyakla.
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But years before, the Mexicans
had given him another name:
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Geronimo.
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One month before my 22nd birthday...
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...l reported for duty
in the Arizona territory.
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It was my first post into garrison life.
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In looking back, it is now clear to me
that I was as much a stranger to myself...
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...as I was to the great western desert.
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My name is Britton Davis.
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I was a participant in what the Army
later called the Geronimo Campaign.