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 mas...
Description:
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.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
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, and History
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 mas...
Description:
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.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
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, and History
