Children of White Thunder: Legacy of a Cheyenne Family 1830-2020

Children of White Thunder, Legacy of a Cheyenne Family 1830-2020, is the biography of one extended Cheyenne family, the descendants of White Thunder, a Cheyenne holy man who was Keeper of the Sacred Medicine Arrows. In the 1830s he was the spiritual leader of the Cheyenne and possessed the special knowledge of the rituals involving the Arrows. Two of his daughters married William Bent, the owner of Bent’s Fort trading post. The marriages cemented the influence and regard Bent enjoyed with the Cheyenne. The marriage of these two cultures was significant. White Thunder’s grandchildren George, Robert, Charlie, and Julia Bent, and Julia’s husband Edmund Guerrier, were witnesses and participants in many of the most significant events in the19th Century American West, including the Sand Creek Massacre. Their firsthand tribal knowledge was critical in preserving Cheyenne history and culture. Their interconnected stories span almost two centuries. Julia Bent Guerrier played a significant role