George Bent papers, 1904-1926.

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George Bent papers, 1904-1926.

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Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington massacre, the Julesburg raid, Platte Bridge, Brave Bear's Report of the Custer Massacre, and statements of Indians who took part in these and other battles. Accompanied by: George Bird Grinnell's "Bent's Old Fort and Its Builders," Kansas State Historical Society Collections. XV (1923):28-91.; reproduction of a photograph of George Bent and his wife; lithographs of two views of Bent's Fort with a reproduction; three manuscript maps, Bitter Lake Region, Bent's Fort Region, and Dodge City Region; and a letter from George Bird Grinnell to Morris H. Briggs.

1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)

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Hyde, George E., 1882-1968

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Bent, George, 1843-1918

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George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma. From the description of George Bent papers, 1904-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127533 George Bent, born in Bent's Fort in 1843, the son of William Bent and his Cheyenne wife. As a witness of the Indian wars and conflicts in Colorado during the late 1...