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

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.

Author: David F. Halaas, Andrew E. Masich
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/16/2005
Pages: 458
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.08w x 1.25d
ISBN13: 9780306814105
ISBN10: 0306814102
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | Indigenous
- History | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- History | United States | 19th Century

About the Author
David F. Halaas is the Director of Library & Archives of Pittsburgh's Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.

Andrew E. Masich is the President of Library & Archives of Pittsburgh's Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.