Post #632623 by Rum Dog on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 7:40 PM

THE LEGEND OF GERONCHIMPAMO:
PART IV (Epilogue): How ApePache Firewater was nicknamed “The Curse of Geronchimpimo”.

Many outside the ApePache Nation were fascinated by the folklore of ApePache Firewater’s legendary healing powers. Rumors were rampant that it could heal any and all ailments. It was during the Great Depression that a cheap unauthorized bootlegged version of ApePache Firewater took root.

This concoction became the Achilles’ heel of many a moonshiner. Unfortunately, the white “Pale-face” recipients were ill-prepared for its wrath since they did not possess the centuries-old immunities that the ApePache tribesmen had built up.

At best, ApePache Firewater cures halitosis, clears up sinus congestion, and rids the body of tapeworm. (It also kills all forms of ringworm when applied topically.) At its worst, ApePache Firewater is known to cause insanity, internal and external ulcers, blindness, as well as extreme dental decay and gingivitis. (It was also reported to have caused impotence and male-pattern baldness in women.) Many local asylums were caught off guard and were ill-prepared to handle the widespread onslaught of new patients.

Many claimed that these side effects were the result of an Indian curse that had been placed on the drink by Apepache shaman and medicine men. Thus began what was labeled “The Curse of Geronchimpimo” as those afflicted wore the visible scares of their addiction to the sacred drink. In Essence, Geronchimpimo had extracted his revenge from his grave.

ApePache Firewater, “The Curse of Geronchimpimo” available only at Camp Tikipelli during the Mojave Oasis Tent & Trailer Crawl.