"One who yawns" is the meaning of the name Goyathlay, which is Geronimo's true name. The name Geronimo was a name he picked up as a nickname given to him by his fellow warriors after a fierce battle with the Mexican soldiers who killed his whole family. His wife, child, and mother.
On that fateful day of revenge, Goyathlay darted back and forth between Mexican soldiers like a human tiger, taking them out with his knife in a fierce manner. They began to audibly pray and call upon their St. Jerome which in Mexican is Geronimo!
His fellow warriors laughed and began to call him by the name Geronimo, thus the name that stuck to him! Needless to say the Mexican soldiers received no help from their saint, except maybe to be received by him in the hereafter! Geronimo was a fierce warrior / shaman of the "Bedonkohe" Chiricahua Apaches. He often looks like he has a grimacing smile. Part of the reason for that other than anger is a wound he received near the corner of his mouth! -Thunder
Graphic recreation of Geronimo by Thunder
"A tribute to Goyathlay"
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