COLLECTION NAME:
Bent-Hyde Papers
Record
File Name:
arbh10m.tif
Collection Name:
Bent-Hyde Papers, 1905-1918
Collection Description:
This collection consists of original maps detailing locations of Indigenous nations in North America and military positions in areas such as Sand Creek and the Arkansas River. It 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. In the interest of preserving and presenting the historical records, the University Libraries collects materials that document the perspectives presented by the creators. As a result, this collection contains objectionable depictions and language that do not reflect the current preferred terminology, or the values and norms of the University Libraries. CU Boulder Libraries acknowledges that it is located on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and many other Native American nations. Their forced removal from these territories has caused devastating and lasting impacts. While the University of Colorado Boulder can never undo or rectify the devastation wrought on Indigenous peoples, we commit to improving and enhancing engagement with Indigenous peoples and issues locally and globally.
Work Title:
Sand Creek area
Alternative Title:
Map #9 The Sand Creek camp and Chivington's attack
Alternative Title Type:
proper (transcribed from "Fourteen original maps of George Bent and George Hyde by Jean Afton")
Work Agent Name:
Bent, George, 1843-1918
Work Agent Role:
author
Work Agent Name:
Hyde, George E., 1882-1968
Work Agent Role:
author
Work Date:
1905/1918
Work Date Type:
creation
Inscription Text:
[Cataloger's note: Transcriptions come from a variety of resouces including legacy archival description and George Hyde's and George Grinnell's notes as documented by Jean Afton.] I sent this sketch map to Bent to get him to locate on it certain places mentioned in his narrative. He noted, with pen and ink, the following items --- 1. Southwest corner of map: Ft. Lyon and "Indian trail made by Lodge Poles" running from the fort n-e across Sand Creek and on to the head of Smoky Hill river. 2. "Battle Sand Creek 1864" on Sand Creek at the point where the trail crosses. 3. At west edge of map near upper Rush Creek; "Fine spring here of Water ran into Black Lakes. Wild Horses ranged here." The Black Lakes were where the Cheyennes went to run wild horses about 1828, 100 years ago. The lake, or lakes, are often mentioned in the Cheyennes stories about wild horses and about Bull Hump the Comanche chief. 4. On White Woman's Creek in southeast corner: "White Woman was Captured Mouth of this Creek 1868." He told me that was how the creek got its name. 5. The points on Sand Creek where running water is marked are numbered L and 2. I suggested to Bent that one of these points was the location of Black Kettle's camp; but he said no and marked the camp where shown on the map. George E. Hyde. October, 1928.
Subject Term:
Cheyenne Nation--History--Sources
Subject Term:
Tsistsistas-History--Sources
Subject Term:
Indigenous peoples--Colorado--Maps
Subject Term:
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
Subject Term:
Cheyenne Nation--Wars, 1864
Subject Term:
Colorado--History--To 1876--Maps
Work Description:
Drawing of Map Depicting the Sand Creek Area (1864-1868), Including the Battle of Sand Creek and Indigenous Trails
Work Type:
sketch maps
Work Type:
Cartographic
Relation:
Fourteen Original Maps of George Bent and George Hyde by Jean Afton
Relation Type:
references
Relation Identifier:
arbh23.pdf
Location Name:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Location Type:
repository
Shelf Location:
Box 1 Folder 10
Image Rights:
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Image Source:
CU Boulder Online Finding Aid of Bent-Hyde Papers, 1820-1918
Image Measurement:
132000000
Image Measurement Type:
fileSize
Image Measurement Unit:
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Image Work Type:
reformatted digital
Sand Creek area
