Tesoro Lecture
Mar 24 2013 11:00 am
 Historic LoDo: Dr. David Halaas will present a lecture Halfbreed: the Remarkable True Story of George Bent—Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man, also the title of his book. Halaas is 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. Halfbreed 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. |
Location:
- Street:
- 1628 16th St.
- City:
- Denver ,
- Province:
- Colorado
- Postal Code:
- 80202
- Country:
- United States
