The CT Insider’s 2023 investigation suggests that additional letters were found beyond the Wortman letter, indicating that the relevant materials may be more extensive than the single letter that received the most public attention in 2006.

Geronimo And The Concept Of Surrender

One of the most persistent myths about Geronimo in the popular imagination is that he was a man who would never surrender — that his final surrender to Miles in 1886 was some kind of profound capitulation that broke something essential in him.

The historical record is more complex.

Geronimo surrendered multiple times before the final 1886 surrender.

He made agreements with the Army on various occasions, returned to the reservation on various occasions, and broke out on various occasions when conditions on the reservation became intolerable or when his assessment of the situation changed.