The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.

Charles Bent (November 11 1799 – January 19 1847) was appointed as the first civilian Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by military Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846. On January 19 1847 he was scalped and killed by Pueblo attackers during the Taos Revolt. An elementary school in northeast Albuquerque is named in Bent's honor.

Vrain. On January 19 1847 he was scalped and killed by Pueblo attackers during the Taos Revolt. Charles Bent (November 11 1799 – January 19 1847) was appointed as the first civilian Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by military Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846.