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Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars

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Recounts the days of the Indian wars, when Anglo settlements spread into the land of the Apaches, and the U.S. cavalry repeatedly tried to subdue the great warriors led by Cochise and, later, Geronimo.

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

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David Roberts is the award-winning author of twenty-nine books about mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology. His most recent publication, Alone on the Wall, was written with world-class rock climber Alex Honnold, whose historic feats were featured in the film Free Solo.

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218 reviews59 followers
April 16, 2016
This is an excellent overview of the Apache wars of the 1870s and 1880s, featuring Cochise, Geronimo, Juh, Victorio, and Nana, the fierce and feared Apache chieftains and leaders, along with the U. S. Army that pursued them. Some detail is also given about Lozen, Victorio's sister who rode and fought as a warrior and who, along with Geronimo, had 'The Power'. It is a fascinating portrait of the end of the Old West.
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Author 20 books41 followers
April 12, 2015
A very detailed but readable account of the Apache wars. The author must have a done an incredible research job. It's amazing to think Geronimo and his tiny band of just thirty-four including women and children could avoid capture for so long and it took 5,000 US soldiers and a similar number of Mexican troops to finally track them down.
As Buffe Sainte Marie sang in "Now that the buffalo are gone" even when Germany was defeated (in the world wars of the last century) they were allowed to keep their land but not so Native American tribes. The final injustice was to lie to the Apache that they could rejoin their families in exile in Florida only for the men to be kept separate from them for several years and for their children to be sent north away from both parents for schooling. Though since there was great pressure from the settlers in Arizona, who had helped themselves to the Apache's land, to exterminate all of them, it was something of an achievement by the standards of the day that they weren't all executed and those who survived long enough were eventually allowed to settle in Indian territory in modern day Oklahoma.
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Author 12 books161 followers
March 29, 2015
An excellent, well researched, well presented book detailing the plight of the Apache people. It tells of atrocities committed by Apache, Mexican and White American, but the Native American was always regarded as the primary instigator. It also reveals the lies, betrayal, deceit, and treachery committed in attempting to purge the west of the Apache people.

The ability of the Apache to evade their hunters for so long was astounding, a mark of their ingenuity, perseverance and determination to survive. If you're interested in the history of the Native American, especially the Apache people, I would heartily recommend this book.
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433 reviews54 followers
March 13, 2016
I love this book because it fulfilled none of my expectations. I thought it would be like every other book on Native American history I've read (see below), but instead it was nuanced, balanced, well-researched, and well sourced. It was also a very accessible read.

I love history, but I am really uncomfortable with cultural appropriation. I feel like there's this colonial/ white-guilt tendency to see certain historical or visual or religions aspects of other cultures through this sort of rose-colored lens, and the result is a lot of white people (whose ancestors more than likely perpetuated in human rights abuses, at the worst, or cultural erasure, at best) who like to romanticize or make playthings of cultures that have historically been oppressed by white people.

This really bothers me. I feel like first off, no person or culture is wholly good or wholly evil. Every person (and culture) has awesome, admirable aspects and disturbing, horrific aspects to them. To romanticize and diminish the impact of any aspect of what makes a person a person -- or a culture a culture -- is to participate in a sort of modern form of erasure, distilling a complex history down into a one-dimensional mythology.

Second, I feel like the tendency of white people to adopt the religious and visual aspects of cultures that have been historically repressed by them (and to romanticize the history of these cultures) comes out of a sort of self-flagellating repentance focused more on apologizing/ defending the past than on addressing/preventing similar behavior in the present and future. I think that white people are denying the dark and painful parts of their own ancestral history and turning to other cultures, but in doing so are choosing to strip out the dark and painful of those histories in order to justify turning their back on their own ancestry.

What this all comes down to is that I have tended to avoid reading histories of Native American tribes in the U.S. The histories I was provided in my youth via public education really bothered me, because they all followed the same dual theme. The overlying theme was that what pioneers did to the Native Americans was an awful historical travesty that should never be repeated. The underlying theme was that this travesty of human nature was unfortunately necessary because the Indians would not let the settlers live in peace and kept attacking these poor white women and children. As I entered my teens, a third narrative began to occasionally show up, woven into these other two narratives -- this narrative was that the local Native American tribes had been peaceful, intelligent people who lived in a state of communion with nature and had a natural ken of the world which exceeded white knowledge.

Each of these narratives -- whether together or apart -- are short-sighted and limiting. They present one-dimensional views of a "savage", "natural" people whose fall, in the face of advancing industrialization via white settlers, was "inevitable". Always, the Native American communities are spoken of in the past tense, as people that were, historical issues, and long-past battles.

There was no discussion in those books of how the past effects the current situation of Native Americans. There was no discussion of modern tribal issues, or the legalities constructing things like, what determines a tribe, or what rights a sovereign nation has, or how are tribal funds managed today?

After a while, I got tired of the brief, one-dimensional "histories," with narratives like, "Once [TRIBE] lived freely on this land and lived in peace with the salmon and the otter. Then the white settlers came and encroached on [TRIBES] sacred lands. [TRIBE] went to meet with the leaders of the settlers to ask them to stop, but there was a misunderstanding that led to a massacre, and after several skirmishes the U.S. government put [TRIBE] onto a reservation for their own safety and the safety of the settlers."

That's so reductive and dismissive and useless. It doesn't go into the human element of it at all, let alone the legal, social, and political conversations that influenced said human elements. It doesn't discuss resistances or broken treaties or acts of outrage or rebellion. It's just ... surface, written from the distance of history and the lens of the privileged party.

"Once They Moved Like the Wind" sidesteps that lack of nuance to provide a fully-realized and complex snapshot of an historical moment, where the mistakes and heroisms of all parties are examined honestly.
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2,713 reviews529 followers
March 20, 2014
-De abusos y desencuentros.-

Género. Historia.

Lo que nos cuenta. Relato de la incomprensión entre el hombre blanco y los apaches chiricahuas que desembocó en uno de los episodios de las Guerras Indias de 25 años de duración, con diferentes tragedias, combates, muertes, masacres y desplazamientos, que nos sumerge en las pocas y conflictivas fuentes sobre los diferentes eventos de dicho periodo de finales del siglo XIX en los amplios territorios de los alrededores de Arizona, México y Nuevo México.

¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:

http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
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Author 37 books13 followers
January 22, 2014
Movingly written, a testament to the misunderstandings that resulted in the brutal Apache wars. The Apache leaders were remarkable and well-drawn. Fascinating how they had to deal with good policy/bad policy from the Americans and how that could change in a moment. A good read if you want to understand the times.
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673 reviews
September 6, 2016
This is a well-written book and a "collective biography," full of little-known nuggets like this one about "Nana's Raid" in 1881:

"Of all the extraordinary deeds of war ever performed by the Chiricahuas, this was arguably the most brilliant. The summary statistics only hint at the intensity and perfection of Nana's wild campaign. In two months, the chief and some fifteen warriors rode three thousand miles -- an average of fifty miles a day. They fought seven serious battles with cavalry, winning every one, and attacked more than a dozen towns and ranches. With one thousand soldiers and another three to four hundred civilians chasing them, the warriors escaped every trap. During those two months they killed at least thirty-five of their enemy, wounded many more, and captured more than two hundred horses and mules. Their own casualties are uncertain, but not a single dead or wounded Apache was found by any of the pursuing horde. All this, with a relative handful of warriors under the leadership of a lame-footed chief some seventy-five years old!"
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January 21, 2008
David Roberts admires the Apaches, especially their chiefs, Cochise and Geronimo--but especially the wily and courageous Cochise. His book is a valuable document for anyone interested in Southwest history, since he gives a detailed overview of Apache activities and the Apache Wars during the 19th century. My only reservation is that Roberts is too favorable, although he also describes Apache atrocities. I learned a lot from him, and you can, too!
83 reviews1 follower
December 11, 2014
Awesome book. Tells the story of the Apache wars and the waning days of their society, including specifics on Cochise, Geronimo, and Victorio.

Cochise and Geronimo were Chiricahua Apache and it was interesting how the American Cavalry were never able to capture a single Chiricahua without the help of other Apache tribe members.

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Author 1 book4 followers
March 1, 2008
If you feel like torturing yourself reading a beautifully written story about the end days of Apache civilization then this is the book for you! Absolutely unforgettable characters throughout this book.
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667 reviews29 followers
February 2, 2008
A wonderfully detailed book that chronicles the attrocities and stories of all sides involved in the Apache Wars...

I have no doubt that there is a bias in this book and that Roberts looks more favourably upon the Native Americans, yet this does not detract from the tale at all.
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August 10, 2020
What an incredible book. Roberts presents a well-researched, eloquent, and realistic depiction of Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico.

Without glorifying or minimizing either side, Roberts skillfully recounts the outright deceit and atrocities perpetrated upon the Apaches and other tribes by the U.S. Army, and the Apaches' mind-boggling response - perhaps the most incredible guerrilla war campaign ever waged by a small group of warriors against impossible odds, answering the "White Eyes'" lies and traps with ferocious and cruel resistance.

Roberts also gives credit to the military leaders who worked to end these wars while exposing the duplicity and incompetence of men like Nelson Miles and Bascom who, with their lies and self-promotion, bungled relationships with the Apaches countless times in the late 1800s and caused the deaths of hundreds (thousands) of men, women, and children on both sides of the conflict.

As a Canadian living on Treaty Six territory, this book also made me think about our treatment of the Cree, Dene, and Metis here on the prairies for the last 200 years. It made me laugh to think that any white person could deny we are living on stolen land, and that we prefer to avoid the gaze of history and distance ourselves from the perpetrators of these crimes in Canada so we can enjoy their benefits without guilt.

Roberts does not discuss Manifest Destiny or much of the political background to the zeitgeist, preferring to focus on the wars themselves. However, this book should be paired with others to properly understand the mentality of settlers and Apaches in the 1800s.

This book is fantastic. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in history, or in human achievement and physicality.

Quotes:

"In two months, the chief [Nana] and some fifteen warriors rode three thousand miles -- an average of fifty miles a day. They fought seven serious battles with cavalry, winning every one, and attacked more than a dozen towns and ranches. With one thousand soldiers and another three to four hundred civilians chasing them, the warriors escaped every trap. During those two months they killed at least thirty-five of their enemy, wounded many more, and captured more than two hundred horses and mules. Their own casualties are uncertain, but not a single dead or wounded Apache was found by any of the pursuing horde. All this, with a relative handful of warriors under the leadership of a lame-footed chief some seventy-five years old!"

"...it seems unfathomable that white Americans could have found no way to coexist, in all the empty magnificence of the Southwest, with a mere twelve hundred Chiricahua--roughly the population today of such wayside Arizona hamlets as Pima or Morenci."
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Author 29 books68 followers
July 19, 2021
A necessary deep dive into this underappreciated part of American history.
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August 12, 2025
an excellent, well-written book about the conflicts between Apaches and imperial powers in the late 1800s.
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304 reviews7 followers
February 22, 2020
For those of us living in Arizona, New Mexico, or Northern Mexico, it is hard to imagine that the Apache Wars ended only 140 years ago, barely three generations in the past. The Apache Wars were the culmination of decades of deceit, depredations, robbery, enslavement, and deadly violence perpetrated first of all by white encroachers on various Native American tribes, and secondarily by the more aggressive tribes who fought back in kind. White Americans almost succeeded in their goal to exterminate the Apache in an epic struggle that is vividly described by Roberts who strives to present the painful truth that few Americans have encountered. The book is a great read.

The racism of the Caucasians was at the root of a conflict that ended in the treatment of the conquered that was not only inhumane but also irrational. In addition, the “widespread graft of traders and reservation agents” turned inter-ethnic relations into powder kegs. The Whites betrayed treaties, broke their promises, and forced the removal of tribes from their ancestral lands which in many cases to this day remain uninhabited by anyone. If only….

Many tribes meekly submitted to atrocities, injustice, and humiliation. The Apache were among those who did not submit, but responded violently, as their traditions demanded. These responses fed into the racist conclusions of the Whites that “the only good Indian is a dead Indian” and their goal to make all Indians “good Indians.” As a result, even well-intentioned attempts to make peace ended in failure. Vincent Colyer, Secretary of the Board of Peace Commissioners, a government agency in Washington, shed tears to learn about whites massacring Tribals, and to hear testimonies like this one from a Tonto chief in a meeting that took place a few miles from my home in Arizona:

“We are tired of living in caves and on the tops of cold mountains. My women carry water two or three miles, from the little streams. They get water at night, because we are afraid of soldiers. Even rabbits are safer than my Tontos. We hide our children behind big rocks when we go to hunt the deer. But deer are not so many now. You say Tontos must not steal cattle, but we must steal or starve. White Americans have stolen our cornfields and our wheat fields. What are we do to?”

Roberts’ book is no apology for the murderous Apache. Yet he concludes in an Epilogue: “It seems unfathomable that white Americans could have found no way to coexist, in all the empty magnificence of the Southwest, with a mere twelve hundred Chiricahua – roughly the population today of such wayside Arizona hamlets as Pima or Morenci. The heartland of the Apache, upon which even the caravans of modern tourism have left little mark, pulses with the absence of the people who knew and used that wilderness best.” The Apache repeatedly expressed their desire to live peaceably in such places as Turkey Creek. White Americans would not have it. As a result, thousands of innocents on both sides died violent deaths.

Two side notes:
1. A few white Americans (such as Colyer) did their best to represent the Apache, to right the injustices, and to settle the conflict without violence. Some were evangelical Christians. Almost all of them were scorned, mocked and accused of naivete by the majority settlers in Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.
2. Roberts’ description of the episode that led to Geronimo’s ultimate defeat and imprisonment inexplicably omits the descriptions in Leonard Wood’s extensive eye-witness diary of those events. This causes me to wonder if Roberts’ personal prejudgments are also giving us a distorted picture of what happened.

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2 reviews1 follower
March 31, 2020
David Roberts provides a much more balanced book about the Apache Wars between the Apache and the U.S. Army. He speaks to the survival of the Apache by following Geronimo and Cochise as the might of the army is massed against them. A great reminder of what the colonists did in trying to eradicate the native population here to those of us who have studied this part of history and a possible awakening to those who have not.
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153 reviews
June 6, 2016
I started reading this and it was interesting, but I put it down to read something else and have not gotten back to it, so am filing as 'never finished.' With my Native American heritage, I am interested in the history but also find it hard to read because the ending is always like the Alamo. We know what happened to this race of people and it is hard to swallow.
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43 reviews
December 20, 2013
Absolutely interesting read about the Apache Wars.... written very objectively and shows the heartbreaking misunderstandings that led to much bloodshed and eventually erased a very interesting way of life and survival in the vast deserts and mountains of the Southwest.
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13 reviews1 follower
August 15, 2010
Great history of the SW Native Americans struggle against oppression and the tide of Manifest Destiny.
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50 reviews58 followers
May 2, 2023
"Now brethren, if I come unto you speaking in tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by Revelation, or by Knowledge, or by Prophecying, or by Doctrine? 1 Corinthians 14:6




This post is to help further expand on the previous post left only a few days past on Chuck Missler' Daniel' 70 Weeks: Profile of Prophecy book found on this forum, concerning what I most humbly, but firmly&honestly, believe to be a pending world changing event similar to that of New York' 9-11 (20yrs today).


As I was on my way to see my son earlier this morning on the train, I felt 'compelled' to get out my phone and start messing with a few figures in my head concerning the date 11th September 2001 to exactly 20yrs later ie today, 0nly adding an extra week ie 7 days and another 5 days due to the extra five leap year days that had elapsed in those 20yrs, bringing us up to the date 18-9-2021 (I week today away).


This left me with the figure 7312 days, I then x this figure by 911 (taken from 9-11 or September the 11th) and the number sequence 6661232 was given to me.


Now, the 7312 adds up to 13, a very Satanic number in itself, but the 666 and 232 sequences are very, very significant, as you have the mark of the beast firstly and then the No:23 both straight&reversed, which is 'the' most Satanic number in reference to Satan and in identifying his deceit&falsehoods.


I am absolutely convinced that there 'will' be a world changing event take place similar to that fateful day 20yrs ago (today). I believe London will be the target due to it being the centre of the world's financial dealings, just as the Vatican in Rome is the centre for the world's most popular Western religious system ie the Roman Catholic Church, and then we have Washington DC (District of Columbia) the centre of the world's most powerful military&political system (currently).


ALL, and I mean ALL of these 3 seperate entities have absolutely 'nothing' to do with the respective countries they are located within.......they are 'all' seperate entities, privately owned and totally independent and self governing, it just 'appears' to be operating as per the norm to the un-learned&ignorant lay-person ie the average man on the street, when the reality is is they are owned&governed by our worlds ruling elite (monarchies, the super rich and those who practice witchcraft ie Freemasons (top level 32&33 degree level Freemasons, self-serving rotters all) and their ilk.


So, London is the 'obvious' target here due to the fact that this target is the surest&quickest way to bring about a 'one world order', by ruining the world's strongest currency and financial HQ ie the dollar and the City of London.


This world changing event is set to take place a week today, on the 18-9-2021, next Saturday.


If you hav'nt done so already, it's probably not a bad time to look to the Holy Bible and the Lord Jesus' message of salvation through the Gospels ie New Testament.


Jesus Christ died for you&me and suffered horrifically at the hands of the heathens (unbelievers), that you&yours might live an eternal life through 'repentance and faith'.


Jesus Christ has 'already' won the victory over Satan by taking the world's sin upon himself when He 'voluntarily' allowed Himself to be crucified on the cross, that you and I might repent of our own sins and be forgiven by Almighty God through the 'saving' Blood of Jesus Christ.


"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16



So, confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, that He died, was buried and was raised again on the third day by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4



Do this in all Faith ie believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for you, and you shall receive the 'free' gift of eternal life in the kingdom of heaven (sounds so simple does it not? Yet Scripture informs us that the vast majority of people will not make it to heaven, probably because their pride will not allow them to admit that they could be a sinner, or that they could have been fooled so easily, or they simply don't want to let go of their sinful lusts&desires and repent).


Jesus Christ came to save the meek, the sick, the lost&broken, the exploited and the manipulated, for the innocent, for those living without hope and lost to the dark.......but be of good cheer, for He hath overcome the world; give all your troubles and cares to Him, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy.


BIBLE definition = Book of Insight for Believers in a Life Eternal (I humbly believe this to be True)



"The Lord Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father but through Him" John 14:6



Continued from Chuck Missler's "Daniel's 70 Weeks of Prophecy"



Jesus Christ died on the cross at Calvary for 'everyone' that fateful day some 2000yrs past, but none more so than sinners. Were you aware that Rahab and Ruth were both Cannanites and Moabites, and where one was a courtesan the other was a high priestess who sacrificed innocent people to their false god?
Both of these women had a "change of heart" and seeked Almighty God through repentance and Faith.
Both of these seemingly very unlikely women were of the direct line of David, of whom our own Lord Jesus Christ is descended ie the line of Judah and King David.
So, don't think for a moment you, yourself are not worthy of God' Grace and Mercy, because the Scriptural evidence informs us otherwise.......you just need to believe ie have Faith and repent.


There is much more telling verse to read of course in the Book of Zechariah, most especially in chapter 11, and the other so-called lesser Prophets have much to offer by way of insightful instruction for the seeker of meaningful Truth.
I found this particular verse from the Book of Habakkuk especially poiniant;

"Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously. For I will work a work in your days that ye will not believe, though it be told you" Habakkuk 1:5

Ezekiel chapters 11 to 13 are very expressive of how the tribes of Israel turned their backs on the One True Living God and began to worship idols and practice abominations (go look yourself).

Psalm 96 also sheds some light on these sinful ways and Lord God' impending response.

I Corinthians 13 is worthy of studying well and seeking 'insight' from (I personally believe the meaning of life can be gleaned from this one chapter. Just my humble&honest opinion though).


It was the impressed upon myself to take a closer look at Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frederic Macron, the current French President of our friends across the Channel, who's full name means "god with us, gift from god, who is like god, and peaceful ruler" (all traits and names of Jesus Christ).......Macron translates to 'written or printed Mark'.......Macron's name adds up to 888 in English gematria, the same as Jesus in Greek gematria.......Macron is seen 'walking on water' on the cover of the Rothschild owned Economist magazine and referred to as the 'saviour of europe'.......Macron has 36 characters in his name if one were to include the hyphen and 3 spaces, add 1+2+3+4 all the way to 36 and you come to the number 666' the 'Mark of the beast' as prophecied in the Book of Revelation 13:18.


Macron has associated himself with much Freemasonic (Satanic) imagery that the keen&learned observer can testify too. French Freemasonry has been determined&identified by William 'Bill' Cooper as the 'ruling power' come end time Prophecy (soon).......(Scarlet and the Beast by John Daniels and The Two Babylons by Ian Hislop are very good books on this subject and more).
Macron won the presidential election by 66.06% of the vote and held his speech outside the glass pyramid located at the Louvre Museum. This pyramid contains 666 panes of glass and again, much Freemasonic imagery could be observed.
Macron married his 'schoolteacher' and has no children of his own union (is he a gayer?)
Was baptised a Roman Catholic to atheist parents and spent many hours 'behind closed doors' with the Jesuit Pope Francis.
Worked for the Rothschild's in a 'partner' capacity, making them many billions we are informed.


Macron's birthday falls on the winter solstice (21-12-1977) the opposite of Prince William (21-06-1982).
It has been impressed upon myself that both Emmanuel Macron, Prince William and the alleged deceased JFK will all have major roles to play in fulfilling Bible Prophecy (soon).
I will attempt to demonstrate that not only does the Biblical number 666 play a significant part in identifying Satan&Co's works&tactics, but also the numbers 963, 911, 69, 36 and most especially that of No:23 (which is also number 32 reversed, as Satan the devil likes to do things 'his way' by reversing&inverting).
For those believers in the Faith that don't believe numbers play a major role in both Lord God' and Satan the devils plans, then please take a look at the work of Ivan Panin, Chuck Missler, Al Neal and others, who have 'all' emphatically proven One Divine Source that inspired our Holy Bible, having the effect of turning many 'scientific' minds into bona fide believers in the Faith.
Satan the devil has been proven to always copy ie 'mock' Almighty God' work with inferior versions of his own making, in this case 'esoteric' codes, known as mysticism ie witchcraft to you&me.


I will start with JFK' birthdate of 29-05-1917 and the days between deaths of family members and birth dates of other individuals of note.

JFK Father; 19166 days = 911 and 966 which is a stylised 666

JFK son; 29998 days = inverted 666

JFK brother Bobby; 18936 days = poss 936 or 3 sixes (8+1=9)

Mother of JFK; 28362 days and nothing of note

Jacquie Kennedy; 28111 days and nothing of note

Pope Francis B'date; 7143 days = 15 (which is 69)

Donald Trump B'date; 10609 days = number 69

Jo Biden B'date; 9306 days = poss number 963

Barack Obama B'date; 16139 days = poss 963 and 911

Bill Gates B'date; 14031 days=No:9

George Soros B'date; 4823 days=4x8=32 and No:23

Joel Osteen B'date; 16716 days = 666 (1+1+7=9)

Rishi Sunak B'date; 22995 days = 666 (2+2+5=9) has mega rich wife as well (watch this man)

Prince Phillip, died(?) at 99y, 6m, 3d, ie 3x666.

MLK jr B'date; 4249 days and nothing of note.

Mahatma Gandhi B'date; 17405 days and nothing of note


Prince William was born 21-06-1982 which translates to 2+1=3 and 1+9+8+2=20 plus the 3=No:23 plus 9 (inverted 6) = 32, the No:23 reversed (William was induced early to make sure he was born on said summer solstice).

If we continue with JFK Birthdate of 29-05-1917 to Prince William of 21-06-1982.

65yrs and 24days equates to 6+5=11 and 2+4=9 (inverted 6) we get 911

78 months and 24 days and we get 7+8=15 (which is 69) and 2+4=6 making 666

23765 days which tally to No:23 (7+6+5 also make 18 (1+8) which is nine, add to 23 you get 32)

NOTE: (please see further down for explaination of number 15 to number 69).



Emmanuel Macron Birthdate of 21-12-1977 which translates to 21+12=33 a very Masonic number and the 77 is in reference to Jesus. Continuing on again with JFK Birthdate of 29-05-1917.


60yrs 6mths 24days equates to the number 666

22122 days equates to the No:23 both sraight&reversed

If you divide 22122 by 923 you get you come to 23.9

Divide by 6+6+6 and you come to 3699 ie 3 sixes

Divide by 69 and you come to 320.6 which is really No:23 (minus inverted 6=9 from 32)

Multiply 9+9+9 and you come to 199116 which is 911 straight&reversed plus 666.


Emmanuel Macron Birthdate to recent said date of 18-09-2021 = 15978 days. If you add 3x6 (6+6+6) you come to 15996.......if you exchange the 1 and 5 (15) for a 6 and 9 (69) then you come to 69996.
(Please see below for 15 to 69 conversation ie esoteric explanation)
I have waited patiently on Lord God to be shown the relevance of the date 19-08-2021, but was instead led to this verse;

"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and our children forevever" Deuteronomy 29:29

As opposed to this telling verse from Proverbs 25:2

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but it is the honour of kings (you&i) to seek out a matter"

There have been many large looking stars ie planets in our night skies since the beginning of the scamdemic. It is possible to count the points with the naked eye and I, myself, have observed them to be liken upside-down Pentagrams, with 2 points up and 3 points down (No:23).
The planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus have been the most prominent as far as I can tell and 'all' are a direct reference to Lucifer, who is also Satan the devil.

It is still my 'firm' belief that London will be a target sometime in the not so distant future. But 'when' this will be remains to be seen, but I feel the all evidence when looked at thoroughly points to this event happening 'sooner' rather than later (we shall have to wait and see Isaiah 55:8-9).

Emmanuel Macron will be 44 this coming 21-12-2021 and the tally of days between Birthdate to this date is 16071 days, which translates to 1+6=7 and 7+1=8, which is 15.
The number 15 is a very esoteric number and is in fact a direct reference to none other than Satan the devil himself.
Please refer to what is called 'Solomon' Square' a series of numbers 1 to 9 presented thus in three rows; 492 (top) 357 (middle) 816 (bottom).
The significance of this very esoteric arrangement is that one comes to the number 15 both vertically, horizontally and diagonally.
The five pointed star ie Pentagram, also adds to this number 15 when the points are numbered thus, 1+2+3+4+5=15.
The 15 is really 69, also adding up to 15, and if one to research Solomon and the Pentagram, along with David Bowie and his last abum Blackstar, it can be 'clearly' seen the number 15 is indeed a reference to the number 69, which is in reference to 'dualism' ie hermeticism, the ideology of 'as above, so below, back and white, good and evil etc and so forth.
Hermeticism is Baphomet worship, who is both male and female and is also Satan the devil.


I have already taken the liberty of seeing how the dates of these 3 individuals compare to the dates of 11-09-2001 and those of 07-07-2007, along with the dates of the North American eclipses of 2017 and those yet to come in 2023 and 2024, which I believe are very significant events (we shall see) and the results are very intriguing in my honest opinion, as testing these figures up against other notable individuals highlighted here did not register the same rather obvious tell-tale esoteric tags/marks.


Other significant days to bear in mind are the 116th (911) day of the year, as is the 203rd day and the 6x6x6th day, the 4th August, Obama' Birthdate.
I am not 100% sure why these numbers are so relevant to Satan the devil or indeed to Lord God, but I would strongly advise anyone of 'looking' ie researching said esoteric content to do just that ie 'look only' as to practice the dark arts would be going against the Lord your God and His Command in Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
William Westcot Wynn (WWW very Satanic potentially in itself), was a Victorian era occultist and Freemason, has interesting books on witchcraft and numbers and their mystic association. Go look at the reviews for his books so as to guage some idea of their content.


Even now at the COP26 event in Glasgow are they contriving to hoodwink and pull the whool over the eyes of the world with the heinous hoax of 'climate change' which used to be called global warming, (which is at least a more accurate description).
We, the world will be witness to extreme laws being implemented to restrict our movements due to said hoax, not to mention footing 'trillions' in money.
COP26 translates to 3, 6 and 7 (P) and 8 (2+6) = 15, which is 69 = 3x666 (look at the dates too).

There is a very informative website 'still' available to access entitled Rich Planet hosted by Richard Hall, which exposes very concisely with great observations and evidenc, events such as 9-11, 07-07, The Manchester Arena event, MP Jo Cox, Jill Dando, Julian Assange, Sandy Hook and many more.
The problem I have with this channel is the rather obvious disinformation, or rather lack of any meaningful info, which I believe is purposefully left-out and omitted, giving the seeker of Truth a potentially very biased outlook.
These obvious omissions include no exposure on the Rothschild's, world Monarchies and ruling elite and freemasonry and their ilk, who are the real power in our world today.
The blatant promotion of UFO' and aliens and fake space, all of which can be disproved by the determined seeker of Truth.
IF Truth be their main objective and they are capable of looking at the evidence from an unbiased and objective stand-point, and are not 'ashamed' to voice their findings publicly, at any given opportunity, even if this means being potentially ridiculed and shunned by their peers, then like-as-not they will have a better time of it than most (Corinthians 1:27).
Note: if Satan the devil covets the alien deception along with fake space, then you can bet it is of great significance indeed, otherwise 'why' promote it so vigorously?

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the Truth in unrighteousness" Romans 1:18

The Lord Jesus Christ Himself informs us many times to not allow ourselves to be deceived ie to always abide in the Spririt of Truth.
I find it absolutely breathtaking that there is not one, 'not one' so-called servant of Almighty God who has the courage to public profess the whole Truth in All its glory.


I thought I might add (what I feel to be) some intriguing words that add up to the No:23.

apple-drug-globe-facemask-Dagon (philistine god)-planet-troll-Draco (constellation meaning Dragon)-aliens-coin-(Biblical term for money, the root of all evil)-Abaddon (the king/angel of the bottomless pit Revelation 9:11)-joker-jester-media (Satan the devils main tool to brainwash the masses)-dream-aliens-flesh-idols (Lord God's pet hate)




"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Same, was, in the beginning, with God.
All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that had been made.
In Him was life, and this life was the light of men.
The light shineth in the darkness.
And the darkness comprehendeth it not" John 1:1-5

Amen.
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35 reviews1 follower
June 19, 2019
The stories painted here are heart breaking and frustrating. Written in a linear sense, each chapter a snapshot of a person or issue of Arizona's Apaches of the late 1800s, often characters and events overlap, so I find myself re-reading and referencing previous chapters so that the larger picture stays in my mind's eye. Most of these historical figures are painted with a complex precision that further exposes the multi-layered problems facing both the Apaches and the White Eyes. I was appalled when Bascom decided to see dishonesty in Cochise, to choose to make the war personal rather than to proceed with fairness and justice. I cheered at Nana's Raid and was disappointed when Geronimo left Turkey Creek. Would the massacre of Victorio and 400 Chirachaua at Tres Castillos have happened had Lozen been there with her Powers? Could no US President follow the sympathies of Grant? Could the American Government never keep a single promise or treaty signed with The People?

The author notes several obscure Anglos whose firsthand stories of the the Chiricahua were never recorded, unique perspectives lost to time. One of them a translator, some of them white children taken by the Apaches and raised for short period of time.

The history contained within these pages is priceless. Throughout my time with this book, the stories have sat with me and I have reflected internally and shared what I have learned with many people. As Geronimo said over and over to the White Eyes: "There is one God looking down on us all. We are all children of the one God. God is listening to me. The sun, the darkness, the winds, are all listening to what we now say."
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1,352 reviews444 followers
July 21, 2019
Another excellent one by Roberts. I think I've now read all his books on American Indians.

Roberts meticulously details Apache history in the Southwest, including details of a south-central New Mexico heartland area that had me, who grew up in New Mexico, still learning some things.

He also knows his geography of the NM Bootheel, SE Arizona, NE Sonora and NW Chihuahua, and Mexican battles with the Apaches, too.

A bonus is that Roberts has a sympathetic take on the Apaches but one that does NOT romanticize them, either. Where they were cruel, he notes it. To the degree that cruelty existed before their major battles with either the Mexican or US governments, he notes that, too.

He also, briefly but succinctly, exposes Nelson Miles' fraudulency at the end of the Apache Wars, part of him being the most overpromoted general in US history between Little Mac McClellan and Dugout Doug MacArthur.
46 reviews
September 10, 2024
Densely packed with well-researched facts although without an understanding of the territory involved and the parallel histories of the white man and the Mexicans, much of it remains a mystery to me. Geronimo's life story is tragic and serves as a salutary reminder of man's inhumanity to men, women and children. Hard to understand how people who loved their family members as much as people do now, so freely engaged in barbaric slaughter and degradation of other humans. Would love to have learned more of Lozen; and to have heard the voices of the women and children so invisible in the nineteenth century. Parallels with Dalrymple's history of the colonisation of India/Bangladesh and the mass killing Europeans enjoyed there - also for domination and wealth creation. More evidence of the wickedness of self-proclaimed Christians and proof there is no deity. Hard read and too dull to recommend.
11 reviews
April 26, 2022
Con voluntad de ser el libro definitivo sobre las Guerras apaches ,esta crónica de la lucha de los indios americanos más celebres de la historia es demasiado larga, reiterativa. Incurre en fallos de apreciación y juicios de valores a los que estamos demasiado acostumbrados por parte de los autores anglosajones. Aparece la figura del del sempiterno noble salvaje y una compresión justificadora tan recurrentes para los pobres de recursos y hambrientos de público fácil como superados. Resulta interesante por lo que describe, en especial por su investigación antropológica pero no por cómo lo explica. Habrá que leer fuentes y versiones mexicanas para hacernos una idea de lo sucedido con estos ahora ídolos estadounidenses.
4,049 reviews84 followers
December 14, 2018
Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars by David Roberts (Simon & Shuster 1993) (973.04972). This book provides fascinating insight into a strange period in US military history. It focuses upon the late 1880's, when for the last time the United States Army waged war against paleolithic tribespeople for control of the Western US. By the time Geronimo, a Bedonkohe Apache, surrendered to the United States for the fourth time, his band of followers was down to a total of thirty-four Chiricahua Apache warriors, women, and children. My rating: 7/10, finished 12/14/18.
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677 reviews
March 25, 2023
The Apache, of which Cochise and Geronimo were members, were the final holdouts in surrendering to the US Army in the 1890’s. Geronimo escaped multiple times and led the soldiers on a chase covering New Mexico, Arizona, and several states within Mexico itself. He was right to distrust the military, as they continually lied to the Indians, even as they shuffled them off to reservations on poor quality land in Oklahoma and Florida. The damage done to their children by sending them to Indian boarding schools reverberated for generations. It is amazing that any of them survived to the present day.
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1,553 reviews1 follower
May 10, 2017
Excellent history of the Apache Wars. Although the title refers to just two Apache leaders, the author relates just as much information about other Apache warriors/leaders and the white armies (Texan, Mexican, US Army, and Confederates) that came close to destroying the tribes of the southwest US. Not as amazingly fabulous as Empire Of The Summer Moon (Gwynne's book about the Comanches), but a fascinating read nonetheless.
451 reviews12 followers
June 16, 2017
I loved learning more about the Apache Indians. This is written in such a story like manner it was easy to get through even though it was long! The female warrior story was my favorite! She disappears after a raid. They don't see her for months. Meanwhile she helps a pregnant woman escape, they hide out in a cave, she delivers her baby, and then she comes back to camp like no big deal! All in a days work!
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1,142 reviews6 followers
June 10, 2021
This book was mentioned in Michael Blake's book Indian Yell. Blake was the author of Dances With Wolves. Indian Yell was excellent and so was this book. It is all about the Apache of Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico and their battles with the American army. Depressing, but an amazing insight into the life of an American Indian in the late nineteenth century.
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653 reviews1 follower
August 12, 2017
Compelling tragic subject but this book was boring to read and not well written. There should be books out there that are mandatory reading in school so everyone understands the atrocity that was done to the American Indians but this book is not one to read
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