Bent-Hyde Papers

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"Last of Col. Bent's Sons Dead," article of George Bent's death by George Hyde, November 1918

Movement of Indigenous peoples during the fight with General James G. Blunt's forces, summer 1864

George Bent and wife Magpie or Black Bird

Arkansas River area – locating Bent's Stockade, Bent's Old Fort, Big Timbers, Sand Creek

Fourteen original maps of George Bent and George Hyde by Jean Afton

Statements concerning distances relating to a map of the upper Arkansas River

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The Bent-Hyde Collection consists of original maps detailing locations of Indigenous nations in North America and military positions in areas such as Sand Creek, the Arkansas River, etc. The collection also includes correspondence between George Bent, a Cheyenne-American interpreter, George Hyde, a white historian, and George Grinnell, a white anthropologist while covering the years 1905-1918. George Bent, born in Bent's Fort in 1843, is the son of William Bent, a white rancher and trader, and Mestaa'ėhehe or Owl Woman, eldest daughter of the Cheyenne leader at the time. As a witness of the Native American wars and conflicts in Colorado during the late 1800's, Bent became a mediator and translator for the Cheyenne. As a result, he became an interpreter for George Hyde, a well known historian and interpreter of Native American life whom Bent assisted in documenting life on the Plains before 1875. Bent and Hyde corresponded from 1905 until Bent's death in 1918.

Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.25810/DQB9-6747