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Geronimo Heir Seeks Return of Bones PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 03 June 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006

The descendants of Geronimo are asking President George W. Bush to intercede in their efforts to recover the skeletal remains of the great Apache leader. According to a London Independent story, the bones were stolen by Yale University students, as part of their Skull and Bones Society antics, some 90 years ago, from the warrior's burial-site in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. A Yale historian recently discovered a letter from 1918 that would seem to corroborate the long-standing rumor that the students did take the remains, while they were serving as Army volunteers and stationed at the fort near the end of World War I. Those students supposedly included Bush's grandfather, Prescott. The lore of the S&B society is reported to include a ritual of kissing a skull, which is referred to as "Geronimo" and normally kept in a glass case.

Leading the quest to restore their ancestor's remains to its proper place is the great chieftain's great-grandson, Harlyn Geronimo, who reportedly says in his letter to Bush: "I am requesting his help in getting [them] ... To return the dignity and let his spirits rest in peace ... is important in our tradition."

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