So many of our people died that I consented to let one of my wives go to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico to live. This separation is according to … - Gerónimo

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So many of our people died that I consented to let one of my wives go to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico to live. This separation is according to our custom equivalent to what the white people call divorce, and so she married again soon after she got to Mescalero.

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About Gerónimo

Goyathlay (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé [One Who Yawns]; 16 June 1829 – 17 February 1909) was a Chiricahua Apache leader; usually known as Geronimo.

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Alternative Names: Goyaałé Goyathlay Goyahkla
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