See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

CHRISTOPHER [" See also:

• KIT (1) (probably an adaptation of the Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in modern Dutch kit means a tankard)

KIT "] See also:

• CHRISTOPHER [" KIT "] CARSON (1809-1868)

CARSON (1809-1868)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter and See also:

• SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, Lat. auscultare, to listen)

scout, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• MADISON
• MADISON, JAMES (1751–1836)

Madison See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, on the 24th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1809 . When he was a See also:

• YEAR

year old his parents removed to See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard county, See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, then a frontier See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, and the boy was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early trained in the hardships and requirements of See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer See also:

• LIFE

life . He served for a while as a saddler's apprentice, and after 1826 devoted himself to the life of a professional See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide and hunter . He was hunter for the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

Bent's Fort on the See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas See also:

• RIVER

river in what is now Bent county, See also:

• COLORADO

Colorado, from 1832 to 1840, and accompanied See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John C . See also:

• FREMONT
• FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES (1813-1890)

Fremont on his exploring expeditions of 1842 and 1843-1844, and on his See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California expedition in 1845-1846 . See also:

• CARSON, CHRISTOPHER [" KIT "] (1809-1868)

Carson took See also:

• PART

part in the Mexican See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and, after the See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush to the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast began, engaged as a guide to See also:

• CONVOY

convoy emigrants and drovers across the plains and mountains . In 1854 he became See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at Taos, New See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, in which position, through his knowledge of the Indian traits and See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, he was able to exercise for many years a restraining See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the warlike Apaches and other tribes . During the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War he rendered invaluable services to the Federal cause in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief scout in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the various bodies of irregular scouts and rangers participating in the See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant border warfare that characterized the conflict in that part of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1865 he was breveted brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers for gallantry in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Valverde (on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862) and for distinguished services in New Mexico, and after the war resumed his position as Indian agent, which he held until his See also:

• DEATH

death at Fort See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon, Colorado, on the 23rd of May 1868 . " See also:

• KIT (1) (probably an adaptation of the Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in modern Dutch kit means a tankard)

Kit " Carson occupies in the latter See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of American pioneer See also:

• HISTORY

history a position somewhat similar to that held by See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• BOONE
• BOONE, DANIEL (1734-1820)

Boone and See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• CROCKETT, DAVID (1786–1836)
• CROCKETT, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD (186o– )

Crockett at an earlier period, as the typical frontier See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero and Indian fighter, and his hairbreadth escapes and See also:

• PERSONAL

personal prowess are the subject of innumerable stories . See See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BURDETT, SIR FRANCIS (1770-1844)

Burdett, Life of Kit Carson, the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western Hunter and Guide (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1859; new ed., 1877) ; and De Witt C . See also:

• PETERS (or PETER), HUGH (1598–166o)
• PETERS, KARL (1856– )

Peters, The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the See also:

• NESTOR
• NESTOR (c. 1056-c. 1114)

Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself (New York, 1858) .