BENT, GEORGE (VETERAN CSA) (FAMOUS) - Washita County, Oklahoma | GEORGE (VETERAN CSA) (FAMOUS) BENT - Oklahoma Gravestone Photos

George (Veteran CSA) (Famous) BENT

Colony Indian Cemetery
Washita County,
Oklahoma

July 7, 1843 - May 19. 1918

George was a son of fur trader William Bent who was also the founder of Bent’s Fort on the Santa Fe Trail. His mother was Owl Woman the daughter of White Thunder, one of the Cheyenne tribes most sacred medicine men. George was born at Bent’s Fort and his mother died in childbirth. After the death of his mother, his father married Yellow Woman, Owl Woman’s sister, as was the custom among Indians. Yellow Woman raised George.

At the age of ten, George was sent to St. Louis for schooling. He was a student at Webster College when the War of Northern of Northern Aggression began. He entered the Confederate States Army as part of the 1st Missouri Cavalry of the Missouri State Guard. He was captured at the "Battle of Corinth" & interred in the Gratiot Street Military Prison for a brief period. When released, he swore the "Oath of Allegiance" and returned to his Father's home in Colorado. George Bent went on to live with the Cheyenne people. He married Magpie, daughter of the famous Chief Black Kettle. In Indian tradition, he also ad other wives.

At dawn on November 29, 1864, Olonel John Chivington and his Third Colorado Cavalry attacked the Sand Creek reservation. Most of the warriors were out hunting. Following Indian agent instructions, Black Kettle flew an American flag and a white flag from his tipi, but the signal was ignored. The Colorado forces killed 163 Cheyenne by shooting or stabbing. They burned down the village encampment. Most of the victims were women and children. For months afterward, members of the militia displayed trophies in Denver of their battle, including body parts they had taken for souvenirs. The Massacre at Sand Creek, also Known as Chivington’s massacre ranks near the top of the Army’s list of black eyes. George was living with the Cheyenne at Sand Creek at the time and he and Black Kettle managed to survive.

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Submitted: 2/7/14 • Approved: 2/8/14 • Last Updated: 4/26/18 • R30598-G0-S3

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