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William Bent
Son of William Bent and brother of Charlie Bent. George and Charlie are notable for being two of the only half-white, half-Native American characters in the book. It’s telling, then, that they chose to reject all white civilization following the Sand Creek massacre, during which American soldiers murdered dozens of Native American women and children. George Bent’s choice reflected the escalating violence and cruelty of white society in the late 19th century: George believed that the Native American half of his heritage was morally superior to the white half.
George Bent Quotes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee quotes below are all either spoken by George Bent or refer to George Bent. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes
As soon as his wound healed, George made his way back to his father's ranch. There from his brother Charlie he heard more details of the soldiers' atrocities at sand creek—the horrible scalpings and mutilations, the butchery of children and infants. After a few days the brothers agreed that as half-breeds they wanted no part of the white man's civilization.
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In Chapter Four, Brown discusses the horrific Sand Creek Massacre of the 1860s. During this atrocity, soldiers in the U.S. army marched unarmed Cheyenne men, women, and children to Sand Creek and the shot them, breaking a treaty between the U.S. and the Cheyennes and, by any contemporary standard, committing a serious humanitarian crime. This passage discusses the aftermath of the massacre. Two of the survivors, Charlie and George Bent, the half-white, half-native sons of William Bent, vowed to reject white civilization forever. In this way, the passage is indicative of how escalating white violence in the late 19th century Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accus
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George Bent Character Timeline in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The timeline below shows where the character George Bent appears in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4: War Comes to the Cheyennes
...Kettle and other chiefs tried to control their people and prevent retaliation. William Bent’s son George Bent sent a letter to a government agent, offering to exchange white prisoners for Cheyennes. Black...
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Among the people fleeing the massacre was George Bent , the half Cheyenne, half white son of William Bent. George reunited with his brother...
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Chapter 5: Powder River Invasion
...waved a white flag. The two sides arranged a meeting. Among the Cheyenne representatives were George Bent and Charlie Bent, the sons of William Bent.
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Chapter 7: “The Only Good Indian Is a Dead Indian”
...a large group of Southern Cheyennes migrated south with Red Cloud. One of these was George Bent , the son of William Bent. George returned to the Kansas area, where he learned...
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...to Fort Wallace, while another chief, Black Kettle, led a second group of soldiers, including George Bent . At Fort Wallace, Roman Nose threatened to attack U.S. shipping companies’ supply routes unless...
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