All 7 Uses of
Geronimo
in
Ceremony, by Silko
- You know, the Irishman knocked on the door and yelled, 'Hey, Geronimo!'†
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- That white guy yells, 'Hey, Geronimo!' and the white woman hears him and says, 'Who's that?'†
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- She says, 'No, who's that Geronimo?'†
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- He says, 'Yeah—his name is Geronimo.'†
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- They had a good man working for them then, an Apache guy from White River, and he was probably the best sheepherder they ever had; but whenever she wanted to persuade Josiah to go check up on things, she would go into a long history of what the Apaches had done to the Pueblo people, dwelling especially on Geronimo.†
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- He winked at Josiah and Tayo, and then with a serious face he said, "I thought the sheepherder's name was Mike, not Geronimo," and walked out the door.†
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- I was at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, the year they had Geronimo there on display.†
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Definition:
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)