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	Kit Carson Biography
		Kit Carson was born in Missouri on December, 25, 1809 to a family that had been moving west west with the nation for over a century.
		Kit made enough as a trapper and hunter to return to Taos where he married a girl of a fine family in that city.
		Kit Carson returned to his own gold, his family and home in Taos U.S.A. Retirement to farming did not mean boredom.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/bearflag/carson1.html (2283 words)

	Kit Carson - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Kit Carson, born Christopher Carson in Kentucky, ran away from home and traveled to Taos, New Mexico, where at 17 he began to make his living as a trapper, hunter, and guide.
		Carson led U.S. explorer John C. Frémont on three expeditions through the Rocky Mountain region.
		Accepting a commission as a colonel in the U.S. Army in 1861, Carson fought against Native American and Confederate forces.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461515478_761555937_-1_1/Kit_Carson.html (67 words)

	THE HISTORY OF KIT CARSON
		Such was the Carson family, of Kentucky, to whom was born, on December 24, 1809, their son Christopher, or, as he is widely known, "Kit." At this time Kentucky society began to assume a state, wild and rough, we would think, but to the Carsons dull and monotonous.
		Carson was about to fire at his man, when he suddenly saw Markhead examining the lock of his gun, while his foe had a rifle leveled at him.
		Kit Carson and a friend or two, after a careful reconnoiter, reported that there were signs of a hurried removal to be seen.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/pioneer/chap25.html (7412 words)

	KIT CARSON: The Runaway Boy
		When, on Christmas Day in 1809, Christopher Carson was born surely his parents had every hope that their youngest of fourteen children would grow up to be strong, fearless, and independent just as his older brothers were who were giant-sized frontiersmen.
		When Kit was just a toddler in Kentucky, where the Carson family had been neighbors of the Boones for a couple of generation, his father loaded up his family and their meager belongings and headed west along the Boone Trail.
		Kit knew what he wanted and decided that some day he'd have it, and it wasn't repairing harness and saddles for the rest of his life.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/great_american_plains/81961 (571 words)

	Kit Carson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For the next fourteen years Kit mad his living as a professional guide and hunter for exploring parties and for a time shot game for the garrison at Bent's Fort in the Territory of Colorado.
		At St. Louis in 1842 Kit Carson joined General John C. Frémont on his exploring expedition, and three years later was employed by Frémont on his expedition to California.
		Carson rose to the rank of brigadier general and was cited for gallantry and distinguished services.
	members.tripod.com /pambies/carson.html (374 words)

	wais:topics:Kit Carson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Carson was born with the given name Christopher, in Madison County, Kentucky.
		In 1854 Carson was appointed Indian agent at Taos for two Utes tribes and (unlike many agents) Carson dealt honestly with the Indians -- who admired him for that and for his obvious love of children.
		In 1865 Carson was made a brigadier general and later was appointed Colorado's territorial superintendent of Indian affairs, a position he held until his death in 1868.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/topics/week090804/kitcarson.htm (511 words)

	The Kit Carson Museum on the Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway
		Kit Carson Museum is located at Bent Avenue and 9th Street, PO Box 68, Las Animas, CO, 719-456-2507.
		Carson was eminently useful and much of the success of Fremont's explorations were because of Kit Carson.
		In 1861, Carson began the final stage of his career as a military officer, first in the Civil War and later in the army campaigns of the Indian Wars.
	www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org /kcmus.html (727 words)

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		In the ensuing duel, Carson was shot in the neck and head, but his bullet shattered the forearm of the Frenchman.
		Kit's party found itself surrounded once by over 1,000 Blackfoot warriors, but they were scared away at night by the appearance of the aurora borealis.
		Carson led the vastly outnumbered troops at the battle of Adobe Walls in Texas in November, 1864.
	www.kcsdr1.org /hometown_html/biography.html (1317 words)

	Kit Carson
		Kit was apprenticed to a saddle maker, and not liking the work, ran away at age 17 to enter the Santa Fe trade.
		Carson left his blaze on a tree at the top of Carson Pass--"Kit Carson/1844." The tree was cut down in 1888, and a slab was cut out and removed to the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.
		Kit Carson I found to be a plain, simple, unostentatious man; rather below the medium height, with brown curling hair, little or no beard, and a voice as soft as a woman's.
	www.longcamp.com /kit.html (836 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - Kit Carson
		Carson was evidently unusual among trappers, however, for his self-restraint and temperate lifestyle.
		Carson's notoriety grew as his name became associated with several key events in the United States' westward expansion.
		In 1864 most surrendered to Carson, who forced nearly 8,000 Navajo men, women and children to take what came to be called the "Long Walk" of 300 miles from Arizona to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where they remained in disease-ridden confinement until 1868.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/a_c/carson.htm (603 words)

	Christopher "Kit" Carson
		Kit was part of Ewing's party and thus met Charles Bent, the wagon boss, and his brother William.
		Carson and Fitzpatrick's first stop after Taos was the annual fur trapper rendezvous which was held in Green River that year.
		Carson's fort was taken over by the Hudson Bay Company and became known as Fort Kit Carson.
	www.inn-california.com /Articles/biographic/kitcarson.html (1324 words)

	Kit Carson (DesertUSA)
		Kit Carson was born the 9th of 14 children on Christmas Eve, 1809, in Madison County, Kentucky.
		Kit spent most of his boyhood in the Boone's Lick district of Missouri (then part of the Louisiana Territory), which later became Howard County.
		Carson also led the forces of U.S. General Stephen Kearney from Socorro, New Mexico into California, when a Californio band led by Andrés Pico mounted a challenge to American occupation of Los Angeles later that year.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/jan/papr/kitcarson.html (837 words)

	Kit Carson Biography - Legend of the American Southwest
		At the age of 14, Kit was working as an apprentice to a saddle and harness maker.
		Between 1828 and 1840, Carson used Taos as a base camp for many fur-trapping expeditions throughout the mountains of the West, from California's Sierra Nevadas to the Colorado Rockies.
		From 1832 to 1840 Carson was employed as hunter for the garrison at Bent's Fort, Colorado, becoming the chief hunter in 1840.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /HC-KitCarsonBio.html (1045 words)

	Kit CARSON Family History \| Kansas Family History \| www.kansasheritage.org
		From "Kit Carson: A Profile for Heros" Page 2: "Eleanor's three eldest sons were drawn into the American Revolution, serving under General Wade Hampton.
		Kit CARSON (who brought with him his young half-Arapaho daughter to be cared for and educated in Missouri) was with Charles Bent on this trip.
		CARSON's own (later) account of the trip east was this: "I remained in Rayado till March and then started for St. Louis, took with me twelve wagons of Mr.
	www.kansasheritage.org /families/kitcarsn.html (642 words)

	Kit Carson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carson was pleased with the work the Utes did for him, but they went home early in the campaign when told they could not confiscate Navajo booty.
		Carson died at the age of 59 from a gun shot to the face in Fort Lyon, Colorado, located east of Las Animas.
		Her viewpoint is contrasted with that of Tom Dunlay, who wrote in 2000 that Carson was directly responsible for less than fifty Indian deaths and that, as Carson was not there at the time, Indian deaths on the Long Walk or at Ft. Sumner were the responsibility of the U. Army and Gen. James Carleton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kit_Carson (2099 words)

	Kit Carson Peak, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
		The two main routes to the summit of Challenger Point are rated 2+ while the routes to the summit of Kit Carson Peak vary from 3 to 5.8.
		Columbia Point was formerly known as "Kat Carson" and is one of the 100 highest peaks in Colorado.
		Kit Carson Peak and the Prow from the south
	www.sangres.com /mountains/kitcarson.htm (363 words)

	Thinkquest Jr. 2000 - Kit Carson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		While he was helping the saddle-maker in New Mexico, Kit Carson became a very good trapper.
		Kit Carson helped organize a troop in the Civil War.
		Kit Carson made the Navahos travel from Arizona to New Mexico and this was known as the "Long Walk."
	library.thinkquest.org /J001587/kitcarson.htm (179 words)

	Kit Carson: American Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		Carson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, but spent his childhood in Boone's Lick, Missouri.
		In 1863, Carson, his soldiers, and some Indian tribes who were old enemies of the Navajo went through the Navajo villages, destroying their crops and livestock.
		The Carson Lake (Sink), Carson River, and Carson City (all in Nevada) are named for Kit Carson.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/c/carson.shtml (358 words)

	Christopher Kit Carson Fort Garland
		Kit Carson was a daring and brave mountain man.
		Kit Carson was also a fur trapper, army scout, and buffalo hunter.
		Kit Carson hired on as a hostler for a hunting party going to Santa Fe From 1842 through 1846 John C. Fremont hired Kit Carson as a guide for expeditions to the Northwest and California.
	www.linecamp.com /museums/americanwest/western_names/carson_christopher_kit/carson_christopher_kit.html (270 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Kit Carson: The Legendary Frontiersman Remains an American Hero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kit Carson looks every bit his 58 years in a photograph taken during a visit to Washington, D.C., in early 1868.
		Historian Edgar L. Hewett once wrote, "[Carson] fixed in my mind a pattern for heroes...of quiet, steel-nerved courage...an ideal of what a real man should be." Humble, unspoiled by the adoration of a young nation hungry for adventure and heroes, Kit Carson embodied the best qualities of the American frontier.
		Kit was still a toddler when the family moved farther west, to Missouri, where they settled in Boone's Lick, Howard County.
	www.historynet.com /we/blkitcarsonamericanhero (1055 words)

	Kit Carson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Christopher "Kit" Carson moved to the Missouri frontier by the age of two.
		Kit found life too dull, and at the age of 17 he ran away with a wagon train bound for Sante Fe.
		At the end of the war he was appointed to the rank of Brigadier General and given command of Fort Garland, Colorado.
	www.carson.army.mil /HISTORY/kitcar.htm (184 words)

	Kit Carson Lodge
		Jean is the author of "TO THE LAND OF GOLD AND WICKEDNESS" – the 1848-59 diary of Lorena L. Hays who came the Carson Route in 1853 from Illinois and settled in the Ione Valley.
		She developed a plant list of most trees, shrubs and flowers in the Kit Carson Lodge grounds and surrounding area.
		It will be a brief tour of the Kit Carson grounds and its animal friends, followed by several hikes along local trails.
	www.visit-eldorado.com /kitcarsonlodge.html (2174 words)

	::Chris Davenport, Ski the 14ers project - Kit Carson Peak::
		The approach to Kit Carson from the west is long and has a lot of vertical relief, 6 miles and over 5000 feet to be precise.
		The wind was whipping off the north face of Kit Carson as we ascended this perfect notch couloir.
		Kit Carson was the last fourteener in ski pioneer Lou Dawson’s quest to become the first person to ski all the Colorado fourteeners.
	www.skithe14ers.com /p-kit-carson-peak.php (1074 words)

	Kit Carson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		At the age of 14 Carson was apprenticed as a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri.
		Carson developed a sympathy for the plight of Native Americans and in March, 1854, he became an Indian agent in Taos.
		Carson was appointed superintendent of Indian Affairs for Colorado Territory in 1853.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAcarsonK.htm (771 words)

	Amazon.com: Kit Carson and the Indians: Books: Thomas W. Dunlay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dunlay's Carson is a modest and complex man, riddled with contradictions that have contributed largely to his conflicting reputation as Indian slayer and friend (he is credited with bringing down the Navajo nationAhe viewed the Navajo as rabid warriorsAbut he befriended the Ute peoples, among others.
		Carson had no remorse about employing violence when necessary but could be equally critical of injustices at the hands of the U.S. and of various Indian tribes.
		While Carson displayed the typical contempt for and mistrust of Indians characteristic of nineteenth-century westerners, he was quite capable of forging amicable relations with individual Indians.
	www.amazon.com /Kit-Carson-Indians-Thomas-Dunlay/dp/0803217153 (1498 words)

	Museum Association of Taos - Kit Carson Home & Museum - Taos, New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kit had run away from an apprenticeship in Missouri to join a wagon train heading west on the Santa Fe Trail.
		Because of his remarkable facility for languages, Carson became a translator for a wagon train to Chihuahua.
		In 1843, Carson purchased the large adobe house (built in 1825) in Taos as a wedding present for his young bride, Maria Josefa Jaramillo.The house was to be Josefa and Kit's permanent home until their deaths in 1868.
	www.taosmuseums.org /kitcarson.php (321 words)

	Kit Carson
		We believe that Kit Carson is a place where minds can be opened to learning, where children are allowed to grow, where there is a free interchange of ideas in order that knowledge may flourish.
		Kit Carson invites parents and community participation in school activities, including the School Improvement Committee, School Advisory Committee, English Learners Advisory Committee, Project business, and the PTSA.
		In addition, Kit Carson participates in the River City Network, a partnership with nine middle schools that fosters sharing of educational ideas that work.
	www.scusd.edu /middle_schools/kitcarson/index.htm (376 words)

	Kit Carson, Colorado CO, town profile (Cheyenne County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Kit Carson is a town in Cheyenne County.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Kit Carson was $13,832, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Kit Carson, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $175.
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