Geronimo great-grandson wants bones back

[BuyingThyme]

Geronimo great-grandson wants bones back

June 19, 2007

SANTA FE, N.M. --Legend has it that Yale University's ultrasecret Skull and Bones society swiped the remains of American Indian leader Geronimo nearly a century ago from an army outpost in Oklahoma, and now Geronimo's great-grandson wants the remains returned.

Harlyn Geronimo, of Mescalero, N.M., wants to prove the skull and bones that were purported spirited from the Indian leader's burial plot in Fort Sill, Okla., to a stone tomb that serves as the club's headquarters are in fact those of his great-grandfather.

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Harlyn Geronimo sent a letter last year to President Bush, asking for his help in recovering the bones. He figures since the president's grandfather, Prescott Bush, was allegedly one of those who helped steal the bones in 1918, the president would want to help return them to their rightful place.

But Harlyn Geronimo said: "I haven't heard a word."

The White House did not respond to messages asking for comment.

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http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/06/19/geronimo_great_grandson_wants_bones_back/

[helderheid]

1. K & R - hope Keith reports this one

[soothsayer]

Send some injuns to Yale and let them join S&B and get 'em back.

I doubt they're authentica anyway, but why not just steal 'em.

[Sadie4629]

12. "Injuns?"

Does anyone really say "injuns" anymore?

[YOY]

2. and he won't hear anything as long as he just sends letters

They'll stonewall him so I think he better find a better way to get his ancestor's skull away from them.

If it is indeed his ancestor's skull.

[shain from kane]

3. Return his Cadillac, too.

[bmbmd]

9. Oh Lord...

take me back.

[tularetom]

4. That's because the bones are probably in the Oval Office

having been donated to the chimp by his butt buddies in skull & bones. Does anyone remember hearing speculation that prescott bush was somehow involved in the original theft of the bones?

[BuyingThyme]

5. Yes, I've read that about Prescott.

[shain from kane]

16. With Saddam's pistol. Trophy case.

[Sadie4629]

6. Does anybody actually believe that?

Seems more like a "legend" the S&B-ers made up to make themselves seem more important than they really are.

[BuyingThyme]

7. More important than John Kerry and the Bush Family?

[Sadie4629]

10. Just because--

--some very important people have been in S&B doesn't mean they actually have Geronimo's skull.

[BuyingThyme]

13. That's not what you said.

[Sadie4629]

14. You're right

But I was referring to S&B itself, and not its members.

[BuyingThyme]

15. S&B and its members are, of course, the same thing.

[derby378]

8. But how the hell is S&B going to initiate anyone without the bones?

There are three key requirements for the S&B initiation: (1) Alcohol, (2) A copy of Trey Parker's Dead, Dead, Dead (recorded as "Juan Schwartz") to explain the core philosophy of S&B, and (3) Geronimo's bones, to reinforce the message of #2 and heighten the effects of #1.

Gee, for a non-Bonesman, I catch on pretty quick... :silly:

[NV Whino]

11. Well the Bush family has plenty of bodies buried

I'm sure they can come up with some more bones.

[shain from kane]

17. As a member of Phalanges & Metatarsals, we were Skull & Bones archrivals. The Downtroddens.

We kicked their asses on more than one occasion.