This account, filtered through translation and Barrett’s editorial choices, is one of the few documents in which a major Apache leader speaks in something resembling his own voice about the events of the resistance.

Lozen does not appear significantly in this account.

Geronimo’s narrative focuses on his own experiences and his own decisions, and the specific individuals who rode with him during the resistance are largely absent unless they were major leaders in their own right.

The women of the resistance — including Lozen — are essentially invisible in this document.

This absence reflects multiple factors.

Geronimo was describing his own life and leadership, and his account focuses on the decisions and events most relevant to that specific perspective.