Excerpt from His Life, Chapter XIII: The Coming of the White Man Geronimo
About the time of the massacre of "Kaskiyeh (1858) we heard that some white men were measuring land to the south of us. In
company with a number of other warriors I went to visit them. We could not understand them very well, for we had no
interpreter, but we made a treaty with them by shaking hands and promising to be brothers. Then we made our camp near their
camp, and they came to trade with us. We gave them buckskin, blankets, and ponies in exchange for shirts and provisions. We
also brought them game, for which they gave us some money. We did not know the value of this money, but we kept it and later
learned from the Navajo Indians that it was very valuable.
Every day they measured land with curious instruments and put down marks which we could not understand. They were good
men, and we were sorry when they had gone on into the west. They were not soldiers. These were the first white men I ever saw.
About ten years later some more white men came. These were all warriors. They made their camp on the Gila River south of Hot
Springs. At first they were friendly and we did not dislike them, but they were not as good as those who came first.
What is indicated or foreshadowed by the events recorded in the first two paragraphs of the passage?
A
A massive war is brewing
B)
A peace treaty will soon be signed
The white men will not likely retum
D
The Indians will soon be dispossessed of their land