The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway
Chapter 19
BENT'S FORTS. The Bents' Several Forts--Famous Trading-posts--Rendezvous of the Rocky Mountain Trappers--Castle William and Incidents connected with the Noted Place--Bartering with the Indians--Annual Feast of Arapahoes and Cheyennes--Old Wolf's First Visit to Bent's Fort-- The Surprise of the Savages--Stories told by Celebrated Frontiersmen around the Camp-fire.