Here is a very good short bio on Geronimo. http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_013300_geronimo.htm and here: http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/geronimo/geronimo.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/apache/chiricahua.htm From everything I read I deduce the fact that Geronimo (Chiricahua indian) was never in the Colorado area, so I wonder if you are looking in the right area to find the little Gramacita's grave. The closest he would have come to Colorado would have been Ojo Caliente, NM. But most of his activity took place in southern NM, Arizona, and Mexico. The most important indian Chiefs in the Huerfano area were Querno Verde and Chief Ouray. Querno Verde was of the Comanche nation and Chief Ouray was of the Ute nation. The Navajos, Cheyenne's, and Arapahos also ventured into Colorado, but I don't find any history of the Chiricahuas coming into Colorado. But I do stand to be corrected if anyone else has different information. This gives you some idea of the geography involving some of the people you mention. I wonder if you should be looking in the Ojo Caliente area. What leads you to Huerfano County? If the family was in fact connected with Geronimo, it would be the NM area, but you say that her marriages are recorded in Trinidad. What records do you have to connect her with Huerfano County? I guess you can see that you have really sparked my interest here (grin). That usually happens when someone gives us a good story here on the list. And thank you for the compliments on our web site, we do try hard! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Latingrl40@aol.com> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] St Vrain Cem Well, first of all supposedly the Johnson fellow was a Cherokee Indian hiding from the law, family members say he ran from a reservation and in the process killed some bounty hunter and took his name as his own. According to Oral history from different branches of our family they all tell the same story that Maria Matilde and a son Alejandro Chaves were killed running from the army according to my cousin that lived with my Great Grandmother she said my Great Grandmother who was around 5 years old told her she watched her mother and brother killed, then her Father Juan Jose Chaves took my Great Grandmother to live with her Grandmother Maria Quirina Samora so he could avenge his families death and ride with Geronimo who was his brother in-law. He never returned. Just a little interesting LOL! But I am not sure these are the facts as I said it's all oral history. I am sure there are tidbits of truth mixed in with lots of embellishment..... But both the Johnson's, Samora's and my family all tell the same story and they have not seen each other in decades. My take on the whole thing is that all sides of the family spent so much energy hiding who they were that they lost each other and I am the instrument being used to reunite us all. Before I started researching I had no knowledge of the Johnson's or the Samora's now I am in phone contact with them all and have gained an entirely new family! It's been a blessing and a pleasure to reconnect with them.