THE STORY OF Geronimo By JIM KJELGAARD Illustrated by CHARLES BANKS WILSON PUBLISHERS Grosset & Dunlap NEW YORK [Illustration: SIGNATURE BOOKS GERONIMO] © JIM KJELGAARD 1958 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 58-9837 _The Story of Geronimo_ [Illustration: GREAT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF GERONIMO] _For_ Eleanor Gefroh _who has been the dearest of friends to me and mine_ [Illustration: _It seemed certain the two stallions must close with each other_] Contents CHAPTER I Duel by Stallion 3 II Raiding the Papagoes 13 III Alope 28 IV Massacre 39 V Flight 51 VI Revenge 59 VII The White Men 71 VIII The Battle of Apache Pass 80 IX A Wounded Chief 90 X A Chief Dies 99 XI Geronimo in Chains 108 XII Flight into Mexico 116 XIII Fortress Paradise 127 XIV Chief Gray Wolf 136 XV The Discontented 145 XVI Hunted Like Wolves 153 XVII A Gallant Soldier 163 XVIII The Last Surrender 170 Illustrations It seemed certain the two stallions must close with each other FRONTISPIECE The Papagoes saw him, raised their clubs and rushed forward 19 The horses snorted in alarm 35 Geronimo brought the skins of puma 37 He halted beside a Mexican 46 The first shell struck the breastworks 87 The Mimbrenos carried him over mountains and across deserts 95 "Look! Usan has smiled upon us!" 122 Geronimo had cut the wire with his axe 151 THE STORY OF Geronimo CHAPTER ONE _Duel by Stallion_ Geronimo crawled up the hill so carefully that no stalk of grass moved, and no bush quivered. A pair of crested quail, feeding on insects in the grass, merely glanced up when he passed and went on feeding. Geronimo reached the top of the hill and crouched down in the grass.