ĭuring Geronimo's final period of conflict from 1876 to 1886, he surrendered three times and accepted life on the Apache reservations in Arizona. At any one time, he would be in command of about 30 to 50 Apaches. However, since he was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large numbers of men beyond his own following. While well-known, Geronimo was not a chief of the Chiricahua or the Bedonkohe band. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands-the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi-to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. 'the one who yawns' June 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people.

Geronimo ( Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, Athabaskan pronunciation:, lit.