ADA BENT BURNS was quite a unique person of the southern plains. Mentioned in a previous post (Caddo Springs and Concho Cemetery), Ada is buried in the Concho cemetery near El Reno, Oklahoma. According to the book “Halfbreed” by David F. Halaas and Andrew E. Masich, Ada was the child of George Bent and his Cheyenne wife, Magpie.
Magpie was a niece of Cheyenne chief Black Kettle but was raised in his lodge as if she were his own daughter. Magpie and George were married in 1866, and their daughter Ada was born the next year out on the Great Plains along the banks of Medicine Lodge creek.
It was during the 1867 Medicine Lodge peace council, in which Black Kettle was a participant. Magpie had grown to adulthood in the lodge of Black Kettle, and now the Cheyenne chief shared the joy of the birth of his granddaughter Ada.
Edmund Guerrier was present at the Medicine Lodge peace council, as were interpreters Philip McCusker and Margaret Fitzpatrick Adams.
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The MARGARET FITZPATRICK ADAMS named in this article was born MARGARET POISAL. She was the niece of fur trader John Poisal. An Arapaho, Margaret married famous frontiersman Thomas "Brokenhand" Fitzpatrick.
Women of Boulder County
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