Bent-Hyde Papers

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Lodge Pole Trail; camp of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe at the time of their battle with the Kiowa and Comanche, 1838; Trail of Dull Knife

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

George Bent and wife Magpie or Black Bird

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

Positions of various Indigenous "Soldier Societies" at the time of the Platte Bridge fight

Casper to Mark Indigenous battle that resulted in misspelled name

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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