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Ih-tedda
Female 1851 - 1954

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  • Birth  1851 
    Gender  Female 
    A.K.A.  Kate Cross-Eyes

    Katie Cross-Eyes

    Ih-tedda means "Young Girl" 
    Tribal Affiliation  Mescalero Apache 
    Died  July 1950 or 1954 
    Person ID  I504651360  NativeAmerican | Apache genealogy
    Last Modified  08 Jul 2008 
     
    Family 1  Old Cross-Eyes 
    Last Modified  08 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F23  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Goyathlay - GERONIMO,   b. 16 Jun 1829, No-doyohn Canon, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1909, Fort Sill, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Sep 1885 
    Type: Apache wedding-Geronimo captured her in a raid. 
    Divorced  When Geronimo went onto the reservation, the white people said he could only have one wife, so he divorced Ih-tedda. However, she continued to live in another room of the house he shared with Zi-yeh until she was granted permission to return to the Mescalero Reservation. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ih-tedda was the 7th or 8th wife of Geronimo. Most sources say she was the 7th. He had met her on the San Carlos Reservation in 1877-78, but they did not have a relationship until he captured her in a raid.



    • Geronimo was married to Zi-yeh and Ih-tedda at the same time, but later divorced Ih-tedda.



    • Ih-tedda died in her nineties in Mescalero, New Mexico, and was the last of the Geronimo wives to die.
    Children 
    >1. Lenna GERONIMO,   b. 1887, St. Augustine, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Robert GERONIMO,   b. 1890, Mt. Vernon Barracks, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1966, Mescalero Hospital, Mescalero, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F17  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Her great-grandson, Harlyn GERONIMO still lives in Mescalero, New Mexico, and has petitioned President Bush for the return of Geronimo's remains. This is allegedly opposed by other descendents in Oklahoma.
     
  





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