Detail View: Bent-Hyde Papers: Points on the south side of the Arkansas River

File Name: 
arbh12m1.tif
Collection Name: 
Bent-Hyde Papers, 1905-1918
Collection Description: 
The collection consists of original maps of Indian and military positions of such areas as Sand Creek, the Arkansas River, etc., and correspondence between George Bent and George Hyde, covering the years 1905-1918.
Work Title: 
Points on the south side of the Arkansas River
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: 
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.
Subject Term: 
Cheyenne Indians--History--Sources
Subject Term: 
Indians of North America--Colorado--Maps
Subject Term: 
Arkansas River--History--Sources
Subject Term: 
Cheyenne Indians--Wars, 1864
Subject Term: 
Colorado--History--To 1876--Maps
Work Description: 
Drawing of map depicting points on the south side of the Arkansas River in the 1860's.
Work Type: 
sketch maps
Location Name: 
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Location Type: 
repository
Location Refid: 
Box 1 Folder 12
Location Refid Type: 
shelfList
Image Rights: 
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Image Source: 
CU Boulder ArchivesSpace Online Finding Aid of Bent-Hyde Papers, 1820-1918
Image Source Refid: 
https://archives.colorado.edu/repositories/2/resources/33
Image Measurement: 
80829356
Image Measurement Type: 
fileSize
Image Measurement Unit: 
bytes
Image Work Type: 
digital images
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/p96s1q7506s6