In 1905, on the Fort Sill Apache Reservation in Oklahoma, Geronimo agreed to tell his life story to Stephem Melvil Barrett, superintendant of education in Lawton Oklahoma. Geronimo said, "Write what I have spoken." During several sessions, he then told in detail the beginnings of the Apache, his own birth and family, his growing up as an Apache child, his wife, children, and the massacre of them and his mother by Mexicans, which led to a life-long revenge against anyone in Mexico. His story details the history of conflicts with white men, his capture and finally reservation life. This book, "Geronimo - His Words His Story His Life" lays out one of the best detailed episodes of the old Pioneer West, with accounts of many famous American Indians and their life dealing with encroachment on and loss of their hereditary lands.