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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man

Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man

Halaas, David F.
Masich, Andrew E.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralNative American History19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0306814102
ISBN13: 9780306814105
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: Mar 16 2005
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.42
Height: 1.25 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
Awards: Colorado Book Award

This is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a halfbreed born to a prominent white trader and his Indian wife-whose lifetime spanned one of the most exciting epochs in our nation's history. Raised as a Cheyenne but educated in white schools, George Bent fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, became a Cheyenne warrior and survived the horrific 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, rode and killed for revenge with the ferocious Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, and later became a prominent interpreter and negotiator for whites and adviser to tribal leaders. He hobnobbed with frontier legends Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, and George Custer, and fought side-by-side with great Indian leaders. After a lifetime of adventures and misfortunes, accomplishments and failures, George Bent made a lasting contribution to the memory of his people by sharing with historians the story of the fighting Cheyennes.

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