Qualla: Geronimo Surrender Site https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/d/7/geronimo-surrender-site-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Geronimo Surrender Site https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site Geronimo Surrender Site: Introduction https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site/ Photo credit Jonathan Patt, Public domain. Inside the cairn of stones sits a bottle. Lieutenant Henry Lawton placed it there on September 4, 1886, containing the names of every officer who witnessed what happened on this remote Arizona bluff. The cairn itself, once ten feet across and six feet high, has been picked apart over the years by treasure hunters and curiosity seekers. But the bottle may still be there, a time capsule from the moment when Geronimo finally laid down his weapons and the Apache Wars came to an end.

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/d/7/geronimo-surrender-site-wp/9td7-geronimo-surrender-site-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Geronimo Surrender Site: The Long Pursuit https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site/ Photo credit Jonathan Patt, Public domain. Geronimo had escaped before. In 1877, he surrendered at San Carlos Reservation, only to flee into Mexico's Sierra Madre when conditions became intolerable. In 1881, after the Cibecue Creek Massacre sparked fears of reprisal, he broke out again. General George Crook tracked him do...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/d/7/geronimo-surrender-site-wp/9td7-geronimo-surrender-site-the-long-pursuit.mp3 0:06 2 full Geronimo Surrender Site: The Man Who Would Only Surrender to Miles https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site/ Photo credit Jonathan Patt, Public domain. When Lieutenant Charles Gatewood finally caught up with Geronimo on August 24, 1886, he delivered devastating news: all the Chiricahua were being removed from Arizona, relocated to reservations in Florida. The families Geronimo had been fighting to protect were already gone. Defl...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/d/7/geronimo-surrender-site-wp/9td7-geronimo-surrender-site-the-man-who-would-only-surrender-to-miles.mp3 0:06 3 full Geronimo Surrender Site: The View That Sealed the Peace https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site/ Photo credit Jonathan Patt, Public domain. For years, the National Forest Service believed the surrender took place on the canyon floor, based on oral testimony. But the physical evidence points to this windswept bluff. Geronimo favored high ground with broad sightlines for negotiations, places where ambush was impossible...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/d/7/geronimo-surrender-site-wp/9td7-geronimo-surrender-site-the-view-that-sealed-the-peace.mp3 0:06 4 full Geronimo Surrender Site: The End of Forty Years https://qualla.com/geronimo-surrender-site/ Photo credit Jonathan Patt, Public domain. The treaty signed at this site is considered the most significant agreement between the U.S. Government and Native Americans in Arizona history. It ended four decades of conflict that began in 1846 when American forces first entered Apache territory. Geronimo spent the rest of hi...

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