Beschreibung:
Blood in the Borderlands traces the story of the Bent family from the fur trade days of the 1820s to Teresina Bent Scheurich’s death in 1920, exploring how one family negotiated shifting economic and political alliances among multinational and multiracial interests.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Into the West: The Bents and St. Vrain to 1834 Chapter 2: Marriage, Business, and Diplomacy in the Great Plains: William Bent and His Family, 1834-1846 Chapter 3: Marriage, Business, and Diplomacy in New Mexico: Charles Bent and His Family, 1834-1846 Chapter 4: Collapse: The Final Days of Bent, St. Vrain and Company, 1846-1849 Chapter 5: Fifty-Niners, Freighters, and Schoolchildren: The Bent Family, 1849-1861 Chapter 6: The Road to Sand Creek: William Bent and His Family, 1861-1865 Chapter 7: War, Diplomacy, and Land Grants: The Bent Family, 1865-1869 Chapter 8: Reservations, Ranches, and Respectability: The Bent Family, 1869-1920 Conclusion: Contesting the Memory of the Bent Family Notes Bibliography Index