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Kit Carson was born on January 15, 1959 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA. He is known for Rush Limbaugh (1992).
"Kit Carson," the most famous hunter, scout and guide ever known in this country, was a native of Kentucky, the scene of the principal exploits of Daniel Boone.

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Kit Carson begins his campaign against Native Americans

On July 7, 1863, the Union’s Lt. Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson leaves Santa Fe with his troops, beginning his campaign against the Native Americans of New Mexico and Arizona. A mountain man before the Civil War, Kit Carson was responsible for waging a destructive war against the Navajo that resulted in their removal from the Four Corners area to southeastern New Mexico.

Carson was perhaps the most famous trapper and guide in the West. He traveled with the expeditions of John C. Fremont in the 1840s, leading Fremont through the Great Basin. Fremont’s flattering portrayal of Carson made the mountain man a hero when the reports were published and widely read in the east. Later, Carson guided Stephen Watts Kearney to New Mexico during the Mexican-American War. In the 1850s he became the Indian agent for New Mexico, a position he left in 1861 to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel in the 1st New Mexico Volunteers.

Although Carson’s unit saw action in the New Mexico battles of 1862, he was most famous for his campaign

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Early Training

BIRTHOF CHRISTOPHER CARSON.—PERILSOFTHE WILDERNESS.—NECESSARY CAUTIONS.—ROMANCEOFTHE FOREST.—THE FAR WEST.—THE ENCAMPMENT.—THE CABINANDTHE FORT.—KITAN APPRENTICE.—THE ALARM.—DESTRUCTIONOFA TRADING BAND.—THE BATTLEANDTHE FLIGHT.—SUFFERINGSOFTHE FUGITIVES.—DREADFUL FATEOF MR. SCHENCK.—FEATURESOFTHE WESTERN WILDERNESS.—THE MARCH.

Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country, was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 24th of December, 1809. Large portions of Kentucky then consisted of an almost pathless wilderness, with magnificent forests, free from underbrush, alive with game, and with luxuriant meadows along the river banks, inviting the settler's cabin and the plough.

There were then many Indians traversing those wilds. The fearless emigrants, who ventured to rear their huts in such solitudes, found it necessary ever to be prepared for an attack.

But very little reliance could be placed even in the friendly protestations

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THE LIFE OF KIT CARSON,

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Life of Kit Carson, by Edward S. Ellis This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Life of Kit Carson Author: Edward S. Ellis Release Date: July 26, 2009 [EBook #7882] Last Updated: January 26, 2013 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF KIT CARSON *** Produced by Martin Robb, and David Widger

Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A.

By Edward S. Ellis.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
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