George Bent papers, 1904-1926
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Description
- Title
- George Bent papers, 1904-1926
- Creator
- Bent, George, 1843-1918
- Abstract
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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 in box 3: 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
- Description
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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.
Available on microfilm. - Provenance
- The letters were sold by George E. Hyde to Morris H. Briggs, from whom they were purchased. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe.
- Extent
- 1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Folder 7 fully digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS 32
- Container / Volume
- Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Maps
Lithographs United States
Photoprints United States - Subject (Geographic)
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Bent's Fort (Colo.)
Colorado
Julesburg Region (Colo.)
Kansas - Subject (Name)
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Bent, George, 1843-1918.
Hyde, George E., 1882-1968. - Subject (Topic)
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Arapaho Indians
Cheyenne Indians
Comanche Indians
Dakota Indians
Indians of North America
Wars
Kiowa Indians
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
History - Subjects
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Bent, George, 1843-1918
Hyde, George E., 1882-1968
Arapaho Indians
Cheyenne Indians
Comanche Indians
Dakota Indians
Indians of North America > Wars
Kiowa Indians
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
Bent's Fort (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Bent's Fort (Colo.) > History
Colorado > Maps
Julesburg Region (Colo.)
Kansas > Maps
United States
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- George Bent Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 3155435
- Object ID (OID)
- 2001145
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