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"Because that was the name of a great Apache chief. According to our white standards he was not all that a man should be. He had perhaps a certain insensibility to the sufferings of others, but in the Apache view that was not a fault. He was wholly great to them." "Very well then, Monsieur Scott, I shall be flattered to be called Zhay-ro-nee-mo, until I win a name yet greater."
Perhaps there was a spark of genius under the red cap. He knew from his reading that there was no rule about genius. It passed kings by, and chose the child of a peasant in a hovel. "You're what they call an Apache, are you not?" he asked. "Yes, Monsieur." "Well, for the present, that is until you win a greater name, I'm going to call you Geronimo." "And why Zhay-ro-nee-mo, Monsieur?"
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