Archival Accounts and Papers
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Bent, George. “The Letters of George Bent to George Bird Grinnell, 1901–1918.” Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Bennett, Deborah J. “The Letters of George Bent to George E. Hyde, 1904–1918.” Coe Collection, Beinecke Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
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Slater, Milo H. “Indian Troubles in the Early Days of Colorado,” P-L 169, Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
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Government Publications
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U.S. Congress, Senate. “Massacre of Cheyenne Indians.” Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress. 38th Congress, 2nd Session. Washington: GPO, 1865.
U.S. Congress, Senate. “The Chivington Massacre.” Condition of the Indian Tribes. Report of the Joint Special Committee, Appointed Under Joint Resolution of March 3, 1865. With an Appendix. Senate Report 156. 39th Congress. 2nd Session. 1867. Washington: GPO, 1867.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1865. Washington: GPO, 1865.
U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: GPO, 1880-1901.
Dissertations
Roberts, Gary Roberts. “Sand Creek: Tragedy and Symbol,” A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Norman, OK: 1984.
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