I am going to change the DataBase. Your hero is here baby! - Page 4

Hmm...Jeffrey,

A "GOD" named Geronimo sounds rather heathen (certainly not a hairy messenger of what Christians construe as God) to me!!

Geronimo=Goyathlay ("one who yawns")

Geronimo is said to have had magical powers. He could see into the future, walk without creating footprints, and even hold off the dawn to protect his own. This Apache Indian warrior and his band of 37 followers defied federal authority for more than 25 years.

Quotes from Geronimo:

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.

The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. We took an oath not to do any wrong to each other or to scheme against each other.

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.

When a child, my mother taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom and protection. Sometimes we prayed in silence, sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us... and to Usen.

I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

Louise

Thanks for t hose quotes Louise, very intresting.

4pack, this is the spirit of the dog I meant when I discussed my preference for training a more independent, thinking dog with a little of his own agenda. Suits my boy to a "T"!

Louise, My mother and my aunt are two of the last living great grand children of Nahche. More than one elder has told me that I resemble my great great grandfather.