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<p><b>William Wells Bent</b> (May 23, 1809 - May 19, 1869) was a <a href="page.php?w=merchant">frontier trader</a> and <a href="page.php?w=rancher">rancher</a> in the <a href="page.php?w=American_West">American West</a>, with forts in Colorado. He also acted as a mediator  among the <a href="page.php?w=Cheyenne_Nation">Cheyenne Nation</a>, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the <a href="page.php?w=Santa_Fe_Trail">Santa Fe Trail</a>. In the early 1830s Bent built</p><p>
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