"The Last Indian to Surrender"
“That man who left no trace–After him, hunt him down with all our strength!
Now under bristling timber
Up through rocks and caves he stalks
Like the wild mountain bull–
Cut off from men, each step an agony, frenzied, racing blind
But he cannot outrace the dead voices of Delphi
Ringing out of the heart of Earth,
The dark wings beating around him shrieking doom
The doom that never dies, the terror–”
Lines 540-549, Oedipus Rex
Today, the sun sets on our Yeehaw Summer (Fall-Winter-Spring-Summer again) as DJ Peach Cobbler tackles a deeply-personal and complicated subject: Geronimo. Cobbler argues that while Geronimo has become a symbol of Native resistance, he should rather be remembered as a tragic figure, a boy born to war, who, through paranoia and rage, condemned his people to an even deeper suffering than their peers.
Geronimo’s old age would be marked with regret, suffering, and reckoning with what he’d done. While Manifest Destiny was unquestionably a malevolent and cruel force, we should also treat the individuals it victimized as just that: individuals. How are we shaped by our circumstances, and how do we shape the circumstances of others?
I decided, in some dark Air Force dorm six years ago, to do my Youtube descriptions in the third-person. “Today, DJ Peach Cobbler discusses yada yada yada.” I can’t say why.
I’m blessed, you know. Life has thrown few bones my way, but this has always been a profound privilege and responsibility. I could have made anything. I could have chased trends, I could have taken this potential and squandered it on whatever I think the algorithm wants.
This sounds like I’m being conceited, as though I have risen above something. The truth is: you are here, and by virtue of that fact, I have been spared the fate of most Youtubers. I am a slave to nothing and no one. Through alcoholism, demonetization, numerous eras and trends, you have indulged me. I have pursued what I believe to be important. I have chased not what you wanted to hear, but rather what I believe you needed to hear, and you have listened.
I say “thanks for watching” as though those four syllables can capture this privilege, honor, and responsibility. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I could have levied my sense of humor to spread a different sort of message, but there is, and only ever has been, one message worth sharing. I hate to repeat an earlier video, verbatim, but this is the only message I’ve ever shared: we deserve better than the way we’ve treated each other.
Special thank you to Thigikna for his art, which continues to elevate my crude shitposts. https://www.youtube.com/@UCFDeP0t1UaVu238w5qGNnAQ
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
The Conquest of Apacheria by Dan L. Thrapp
The Apache Wars by Paul Andrew Hutton
Apache Voices by Sherry Robinson
Western Apache Raiding and Warfare by Greenville Goodwin
Once They Moved Like the Wind by David Roberts
Geronimo by Angie Debo
Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo & S.M. Barret
Chevato: The Story of the Apache Warrior who Captured Herman Lehmann by William Chebahtah & Nancy McGown Minor
On The Border With Crook by John Bourke
"I HAD LOST ALL": Geronimo and the Carrasco Massacre of 1851 by Edwin R. Sweeney
FROM SAVAGE TO SAINT: A New Image for Geronimo by C. L. Sonnichsen
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Come Play with Me by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
End of the Era by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Way Out West by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Prelude No. 15 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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