George Bent Written From His Letters Summary

This book was written fifty years ago based of written letters from George Bent during the 1800’s. This was a time when Indian trade and American trade were at a high peak and George Bent encountered multiple interactions with Native Americans within Bent’s Fort. Bent’s written accounts within the period of war from 1863 to 1868 were particularly important because he was an eye witness to first hand accounts and wrote deeply about them to civilization. This book review focuses on, Bent’s significance as an inside view of Cheyenne life and the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Life of George Bent: written From his Letters gave an authentic view of what happened, as the Cheyennes, Arapahos, and Sioux saw it. George Bent was the son of the Indian trader, William Bent, and his Cheyenne wife, Owl Woman. George Bent and his brother Charles traded with the Indians during the 1800s along the plains. George Bent played a huge role in the interaction between the Native American cultures particularly the Cheyenne’s, Arapahos and the Sioux. George Bent was born into the Native American Culture through birth and identified

George Bent fought within the battles of Wilson’s Creek and Lexington, and the Battle of Pea Ridge, the battle of Washita and the sand creek battle. The Sand creek massacre was one of the biggest fights between the white nation and the Native Americans. George Bent was caught in the middle of supporting his Cheyenne’s people and staying alive. In 1864 along Sand Creek, a thousand volunteer troops attacked the village of Cheyenne and Arapahos. George Bents description within the book Life of George Bent: written from his letters portrays the brutality of this battle between the white nation and the Native Americans. After the war George Bent remained with the Cheyennes people and fought for peace within several revenge attacks against US