Second, the inclusion of femur bones in addition to the skull is consistent with a somewhat more extensive disturbance of the grave than simply removing the skull.

If the accounts are accurate, the removal involved exposing the body and taking multiple bones, not merely the skull.

Third, the personal items — if they are actual items buried with Geronimo — have their own archaeological and cultural significance beyond the human remains.

Personal belongings buried with the dead are treated as funerary objects under NAGPRA, with their own repatriation requirements.

The question of whether Skull and Bones, if they have the skull, also has the femur bones and personal items described in the letter is a detail that has received less attention than the skull itself.