Into the West : the Bents and St. Vrain to 1834 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in the Great Plains : William Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in New Mexico : Charles Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Collapse : the final days of Bent, St. Vrain and Company, 1846-1849 -- Fifty-niners, freighters, and school children : the Bent family, 1849-1861 -- The road to Sand Creek : William Bent and his family, 1861-1865 -- War, diplomacy, and land grants : the Bent family, 1865-1869 -- Reservations, ranches, and respectability : the Bent family, 1869-1920 -- Conclusion: Contesting the memory of the Bent family. |