This map is entirely by Geo. Bent. Taking points on south side of the Arkansas from west to east, we have -- 1. "Hurfano R. Old Lodge Skin Creek". 2. "Apisha Cr. Quarreling Creek" 3. Purgatoire R. & at its mouth of w. bank "B. Stockade." That is Wm. Bent's stockade. 4. Rule Cr. 5. "Gov. Build Commisary Store here" with a small square mark on w. bank Caddo or to mark where the govt was building an agency for Cheyennes and Arapahoes, I see he continues the inscription on the other bank of Caddo Cr as follows, "for Chey and Arap 1860 (or 1864?)" 6. "Mud or Boggy Cr." 7. "Apache Burry." below Caddo Cr. 8. "Two Butte Creek" and on its upper water "Two Buttes". North bank of Arkansas, west to east. 9. "Pueblo" on wrong bank of Fountain river. 10. "Pawnee Hills Cheyennes and Arapahoes killed a lot of Pawnees here: called Pawnee Hill." 11. "Bent's O. Fort." 12. "Short Timber Creek, Skunk Creek" 13. "Red Shin": a stone knob 25 ft high at upper end Big Timbers. He marked the spot with a small circle. 14. "Big Timbers." 15. "B. New Fort." 16. "Big Sandy of Dry Cr. Rush Cr." 17. Up north of the Arkansas "Bitter Lake" n. of Bent's new Fort, and "Black Lake" east of Sand Creek. George E. Hyde, Oct. 1928.
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This map is entirely by Geo. Bent. Taking points on south side of the Arkansas from west to east, we have -- 1. "Hurfano R. Old Lodge Skin Creek". 2. "Apisha Cr. Quarreling Creek" 3. Purgatoire R. & at its mouth of w. bank "B. Stockade." That is Wm. Bent's stockade. 4. Rule Cr. 5. "Gov. Build Commisary Store here" with a small square mark on w. bank Caddo or to mark where the govt was building an agency for Cheyennes and Arapahoes, I see he continues the inscription on the other bank of Caddo Cr as follows, "for Chey and Arap 1860 (or 1864?)" 6. "Mud or Boggy Cr." 7. "Apache Burry." below Caddo Cr. 8. "Two Butte Creek" and on its upper water "Two Buttes". North bank of Arkansas, west to east. 9. "Pueblo" on wrong bank of Fountain river. 10. "Pawnee Hills Cheyennes and Arapahoes killed a lot of Pawnees here: called Pawnee Hill." 11. "Bent's O. Fort." 12. "Short Timber Creek, Skunk Creek" 13. "Red Shin": a stone knob 25 ft high at upper end Big Timbers. He marked the spot with a small circle. 14. "Big Timbers." 15. "B. New Fort." 16. "Big Sandy of Dry Cr. Rush Cr." 17. Up north of the Arkansas "Bitter Lake" n. of Bent's new Fort, and "Black Lake" east of Sand Creek. George E. Hyde, Oct. 1928.
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