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For the composer of chess endgame studies, see <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bent_(chess_composer)" title="Charles Bent (chess composer)">Charles Bent (chess composer)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Charles Bent</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:CharlesBent-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/CharlesBent-cropped.jpg/220px-CharlesBent-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/CharlesBent-cropped.jpg/330px-CharlesBent-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/CharlesBent-cropped.jpg/440px-CharlesBent-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1297" data-file-height="1689" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New Mexico">Governor of New Mexico</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 22, 1846 – January 19, 1847</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Vigil_y_Alarid" title="Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid">Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donaciano_Vigil" title="Donaciano Vigil">Donaciano Vigil</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1799-11-11</span>)</span>November 11, 1799<br /><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston, Virginia</a>, U.S. (now <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 19, 1847<span style="display:none">(1847-01-19)</span> (aged 47)<br /><a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manner of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">Assassination</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_National_Cemetery" title="Santa Fe National Cemetery">Santa Fe National Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Maria Ignacia Jaramillo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Alfred, Estifina, Maria Teresina, George (died as infant), Virginia (died as infant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Silas_Bent_(judge)" title="Silas Bent (judge)">Silas Bent</a> (father)<br />Martha Kerr Bent (mother)<br />Juliannah (sister)<br />John (brother)<br />Lucy (sister)<br />Dorcas (sister)<br />Mary (sister)<br />George (brother)<br />Robert (brother)<br />Edward (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Silas_Bent_(naval_officer)" title="Silas Bent (naval officer)">Silas Bent III</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/William_Bent" title="William Bent">William Bent</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Bent" title="George Bent">George Bent</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Owl_Woman" title="Owl Woman">Owl Woman</a> (sister-in-law)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs" title="Lilburn Boggs">Lilburn Boggs</a> (brother-in-law)<br /><a href="/wiki/Silas_Bent" title="Silas Bent">Silas Bent IV</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Boggs" title="Henry C. Boggs">Henry C. Boggs</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell" title="Charles Marion Russell">Charles Marion Russell</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Kerr_(Texas_politician)" title="James Kerr (Texas politician)">James Kerr</a> (uncle)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Bent</b> (November 11, 1799 – January 19, 1847) was an American businessman and politician who served as the first civilian United States <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a>, newly invaded and occupied by the United States during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a> by the Military Governor, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Watts_Kearny" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Watts Kearny">Stephen Watts Kearny</a>, in September 1846 until his assassination. </p><p>Bent had been working as a <a href="/wiki/Fur_trader" class="mw-redirect" title="Fur trader">fur trader</a> in the region since 1828, with his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/William_Bent" title="William Bent">William</a>, and later partner <a href="/wiki/Ceran_St._Vrain" title="Ceran St. Vrain">Ceran St. Vrain</a>. Though his office was in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" title="Santa Fe, New Mexico">Santa Fe</a>, Bent maintained his residence and a <a href="/wiki/Trading_post" title="Trading post">trading post</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a>, in present-day <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>. On January 19, 1847, Bent was <a href="/wiki/Scalping" title="Scalping">scalped</a> and killed by <a href="/wiki/Puebloan_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Puebloan peoples">Pueblo</a> warriors, during the <a href="/wiki/Taos_Revolt" title="Taos Revolt">Taos Revolt</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Louis Bent was born in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston, Virginia</a>, the oldest of the ten children of Judge <a href="/wiki/Silas_Bent_(judge)" title="Silas Bent (judge)">Silas Bent</a>, and his wife Martha Kerr.<sup id="cite_ref-Grinnell1923pp1-2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grinnell1923pp1-2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other children were: Juliannah, Joh, Lucy, Dorcas, <a href="/wiki/William_Bent" title="William Bent">William</a>, Mary, George, Robert, Edward, and <a href="/wiki/Silas_Bent_(naval_officer)" title="Silas Bent (naval officer)">Silas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bent58-59_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bent58-59-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Army_and_Bent_&_St._Vrain_Company"><span id="U.S._Army_and_Bent_.26_St._Vrain_Company"></span>U.S. Army and <i>Bent & St. Vrain Company</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Army and Bent & St. Vrain Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the army, in 1828, Charles and his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/William_Bent" title="William Bent">William</a>, took a wagon train of goods from <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" title="Santa Fe, New Mexico">Santa Fe</a>. There they established mercantile contacts and began a series of trading trips back and forth over the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail" title="Santa Fe Trail">Santa Fe Trail</a>. In 1832, he formed a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Ceran_St._Vrain" title="Ceran St. Vrain">Ceran St. Vrain</a>, another trader from St. Louis, called <a href="/wiki/Bent_%26_St._Vrain_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Bent & St. Vrain Company">Bent & St. Vrain Company</a>. In addition to its store in <a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos, New Mexico</a>, the trading company established a series of "forts", fortified trading posts, to facilitate trade with the <a href="/wiki/Plains_Indians" title="Plains Indians">Plains Indians</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Vrain" title="Fort Saint Vrain">Fort Saint Vrain</a> on the <a href="/wiki/South_Platte_River" title="South Platte River">South Platte River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bent%27s_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Bent's Fort">Bent's Fort</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas River</a>, both in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Adobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Adobe">Fort Adobe</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_River" title="Canadian River">Canadian River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bent's Fort, outside <a href="/wiki/La_Junta,_Colorado" title="La Junta, Colorado">La Junta, Colorado</a>, has been restored and is now a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Sites_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Historic Sites (United States)">National Historic Site</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territorial_Governor">Territorial Governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Territorial Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the occupation of New Mexico as part of the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a>, many of the inhabitants of New Mexico were not happy about the new American rule. Some mourned the loss of the old connection with Mexico, others feared the loss of their private goods, and others hated Bent, the New Mexican Territorial Governor who served under the U.S. war-time occupation, because of his negative attitude towards Mexicans. In December 1846, the influential families in the state started to plan a revolt against their new rulers. Governor Bent and Colonel <a href="/wiki/Sterling_Price" title="Sterling Price">Sterling Price</a> found out about the conspiracy and some of the leaders of the movement were arrested, but two important ones were able to escape. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Torture_and_death">Torture and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Torture and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1847, while serving as territorial governor, Bent traveled to his hometown of Taos without military protection. After arriving, he was <a href="/wiki/Scalping" title="Scalping">scalped</a> alive and murdered in his home by a group of <a href="/wiki/Puebloan_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Puebloan peoples">pueblo Native American</a> attackers, under the orders of Mexican conspirators who started the <a href="/wiki/Taos_Revolt" title="Taos Revolt">Taos Revolt</a>. Bent is buried in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The women and children in the Bent home were not harmed by the insurgents, and the remaining members of the family fled to safety next door through a hole in the parlor wall. </p><p>In the following months, Colonel Price was able to quell the uprising, which ended in July 1847. Most of the rebels were caught and some of them were executed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1835, Charles "Carlos" Bent married Maria Ignacia Jaramillo, who was born in <a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos, New Mexico</a>. Maria's younger sister, Josefa Jaramillo, would later marry <a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson" title="Kit Carson">Kit Carson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charles and Maria had five children: Alfred, Estifina, Teresina, George (died as infant), and Virginia (died as infant). Alfred was murdered at Taos on December 9, 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-TaosNewsMurder_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TaosNewsMurder-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yiorgos_Caralambo" title="Yiorgos Caralambo">Yiorgos Caralambo</a> (a.k.a. Greek George) was allegedly hired as the assassin by people with interests in the <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Land_Grant" title="Maxwell Land Grant">Maxwell Land Grant</a>, 1/4 of which Alfred and his two sisters inherited from their father Charles. <a href="/wiki/Lucien_B._Maxwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucien B. Maxwell">Lucien B. Maxwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Beaubien" title="Charles Beaubien">Charles Beaubien</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_Miranda" title="Guadalupe Miranda">Guadalupe Miranda</a> held large other portions of the grant.<sup id="cite_ref-TaosNewsMurder_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TaosNewsMurder-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charles's brothers Robert and George died at Bent's Fort (1846 and 1841, respectively).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Slave_Owner">Slave Owner</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Slave Owner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Bent owned <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_and_Dick_Green" title="Charlotte and Dick Green">Charlotte and Dick Green</a>, who worked at Bent's Fort. William Bent freed the couple after Dick fought with the posse that avenged Charles's assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-KSHS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSHS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Bent_Museum_sign,_Taos,_NM_Picture_2002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg/220px-Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg/330px-Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg/440px-Governor_Bent_Museum_sign%2C_Taos%2C_NM_Picture_2002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><span style="font-size:100%;">Sign directing visitors to Governor Bent Home/Museum and Gallery in Taos</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Bent Street, which runs in front of what had been his home in Taos, and Martyr's Lane, which runs behind it, are named for him. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor_Charles_Bent_House" title="Governor Charles Bent House">Governor Charles Bent House</a> is now a <a href="/wiki/Museum" title="Museum">museum</a>. An elementary school in northeast <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque</a> is named in Bent's honor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bent documented the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous peoples</a> of New Mexico in an essay which was published posthumously in Henry Schoolcraft's study of American Indians: </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBent1846" class="citation book cs1">Bent, Charles (1846). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tGtAAAAAcAAJ&q=%22governor+charles+bent%22&pg=PA242">"Indian Tribes of New Mexico"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Henry_Schoolcraft" title="Henry Schoolcraft">Schoolcraft, Henry R</a> (ed.). <i>Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States</i>. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851. pp. 242–246. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780598563460" title="Special:BookSources/9780598563460"><bdi>9780598563460</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Indian+Tribes+of+New+Mexico&rft.btitle=Information+respecting+the+history%2C+condition+and+prospects+of+the+Indian+tribes+of+the+United+States&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pages=242-246&rft.pub=Lippincott%2C+Grambo+%26+Company%2C+1851&rft.date=1846&rft.isbn=9780598563460&rft.aulast=Bent&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtGtAAAAAcAAJ%26q%3D%2522governor%2Bcharles%2Bbent%2522%26pg%3DPA242&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians" title="List of assassinated American politicians">List of assassinated American politicians</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Grinnell1923pp1-2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Grinnell1923pp1-2_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrinnell1923" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_Bird_Grinnell" title="George Bird Grinnell">Grinnell, George Bird</a> (1923). 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Boston: David Clapp & Son. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bentfamilyinamer00bent/page/58/mode/2up">58</a>–59.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bent+family+in+America&rft.place=Boston&rft.pages=58-59&rft.pub=David+Clapp+%26+Son&rft.date=1900&rft.aulast=Bent&rft.aufirst=Allen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbentfamilyinamer00bent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLecompte1978" class="citation book cs1">Lecompte, Janet (1978). <i>Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: The Upper Arkansas, 1832-1856</i>. 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Barbed Wire Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-935269-11-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-935269-11-8">0-935269-11-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190611130022/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mexican-rebels-kill-charles-bent">"Mexican rebels kill Charles Bent"</a>. <i>Inside History</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mexican-rebels-kill-charles-bent">the original</a> on 2019-06-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-01-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Inside+History&rft.atitle=Mexican+rebels+kill+Charles+Bent&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Fthis-day-in-history%2Fmexican-rebels-kill-charles-bent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newmexicohistory.org/people/charles-bent-bio">"Charles Bent, Biographical Sketch – New Mexico History"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Charles+Bent%2C+Biographical+Sketch+%E2%80%93+New+Mexico+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnewmexicohistory.org%2Fpeople%2Fcharles-bent-bio&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nmstatehood.unm.edu/node/57110">"Celebrating New Mexico Statehood | University of New Mexico Research | UNM Digital Repository"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Celebrating+New+Mexico+Statehood+%26%23124%3B+University+of+New+Mexico+Research+%26%23124%3B+UNM+Digital+Repository&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnmstatehood.unm.edu%2Fnode%2F57110&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=548">New Mexico history biography of Bent</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309230737/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=548">Archived</a> 2012-03-09 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TaosNewsMurder-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TaosNewsMurder_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TaosNewsMurder_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.taosnews.com/magazines/leyendas-tradiciones/greek-george-a-wanted-man-a-slippery-escape/article_635f1c63-9392-5864-b167-631d004d1019.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Greek George': a wanted man, a slippery escape"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Taos_News" title="Taos News">Taos News</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 26,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Taos+News&rft.atitle=%27Greek+George%27%3A+a+wanted+man%2C+a+slippery+escape&rft.date=2019-09-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taosnews.com%2Fmagazines%2Fleyendas-tradiciones%2Fgreek-george-a-wanted-man-a-slippery-escape%2Farticle_635f1c63-9392-5864-b167-631d004d1019.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevens1909" class="citation book cs1">Stevens, Walter Barlow (1909). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stlouisfourthcit02instev"><i>History of St. Louis, The Fourth City, 1764-1909</i></a>. St. Louis: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. [<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/stlouisfourthcit02instev/page/833">https://archive.org/details/stlouisfourthcit02instev/page/833</a> 833.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+St.+Louis%2C+The+Fourth+City%2C+1764-1909&rft.place=St.+Louis&rft.pages=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstlouisfourthcit02instev%2Fpage%2F833+833&rft.pub=S.+J.+Clarke+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1909&rft.aulast=Stevens&rft.aufirst=Walter+Barlow&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstlouisfourthcit02instev&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KSHS-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KSHS_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wo8-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61"><i>Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-03-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Charles+Bent&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Feb%2Farticle-9078651%2FCharles-Bent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDunham1965" class="citation book cs1">Dunham, Harold H. (1965). "Charles Bent". In <a href="/wiki/LeRoy_R._Hafen" title="LeRoy R. Hafen">Hafen, LeRoy R.</a> (ed.). <i>The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade</i>. Vol. II. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Co. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/5504216">5504216</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Charles+Bent&rft.btitle=The+Mountain+Men+and+the+Fur+Trade&rft.place=Glendale%2C+California&rft.pub=Arthur+H.+Clark+Co&rft.date=1965&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F5504216&rft.aulast=Dunham&rft.aufirst=Harold+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLavender1954" class="citation book cs1">Lavender, David (1954). <i>Bent's Fort</i>. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/26332056">26332056</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bent%27s+Fort&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+N.Y.&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1954&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F26332056&rft.aulast=Lavender&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLecompte1978" class="citation book cs1">Lecompte, Janet (1978). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pueblohardscrabb00jane"><i>Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832-1856</i></a></span>. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-1723-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-1723-0"><bdi>0-8061-1723-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pueblo%2C+Hardscrabble%2C+Greenhorn%3A+Society+on+the+High+Plains%2C+1832-1856&rft.place=Norman%2C+Oklahoma&rft.pub=University+of+Oklahoma+Press&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-8061-1723-0&rft.aulast=Lecompte&rft.aufirst=Janet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpueblohardscrabb00jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Bent" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWroth" class="citation web cs1">Wroth, William H. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20131030095450/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/people/charles-bent-1">"Bent, Charles"</a>. 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De Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Ellsworth_Lindsey" title="Washington Ellsworth Lindsey">Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octaviano_Ambrosio_Larrazolo" title="Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo">Larrazolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merritt_C._Mechem" title="Merritt C. Mechem">M. Mechem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Hinkle" title="James F. Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_T._Hannett" title="Arthur T. Hannett">Hannett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Dillon" title="Richard C. Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Seligman" title="Arthur Seligman">Seligman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_W._Hockenhull" title="Andrew W. Hockenhull">Hockenhull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Tingley" title="Clyde Tingley">Tingley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Miles" title="John E. Miles">Miles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Dempsey" title="John J. Dempsey">Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Mabry" title="Thomas J. 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