This family tree is from the Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site and displays children of William Bent. His daughter Julia was married to Edmund Guerrier. Julia and Edmund were both present at the Sand Creek Massacre (1864) along with her brothers George Bent and Charles Bent. Julia, Edmund, George, and Charles all survived the massacre.
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From a letter to his wife, Jennie, sent by Captain Albert Barnitz (July 15, 1868):
"I believe that nearly all the other officers of the command are now down at the Post, at a "hop"... Miss Julia Bent, of the Cheyenne tribe, would be quite an attraction, I am sure, if she could only be persuaded to come - she is really a stately creature, and very handsome"
This letter isquoted in Utley, "Life in Custer's Cavalry", page 171.
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