Barrett’s editorial choices shaped what was included and what was omitted.

The translation process inevitably lost specific details and emphases.

But Lozen’s absence from Geronimo’s account is also a reminder of the limitations of any single source, even a relatively direct one, for understanding the full range of individuals who contributed to the events being described.

The oral tradition that preserves her story is not rendered less reliable by Geronimo’s silence about her.

It is a different kind of evidence, preserved for different reasons, by different people, reflecting different priorities about what deserved to be remembered.