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Kit Carson Days Adventures in the Path of Empire 1809-1868 Vol. I
About this book
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 - May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. The few paying jobs he had during his lifetime included mountain man (fur trapper), wilderness guide, Indian agent, and American Army officer. Carson became a frontier legend in his own lifetime via biographies and news articles. Exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. In the 1840s, he was hired as a guide by John C. Fremont. Fremont's expedition covered much of California, Oregon, and the Great Basin area. Fremont mapped and wrote reports and commentaries on the Oregon Trail to assist and encourage westward-bound American pioneers. Carson achieved national fame through Fremont's accounts of his expeditions. Under Fremont's command, Carson participated in the uprising against Mexican rule in California at the beginning of the Mexican-American War. Later in the war, Carson was a scout and courier, celebrated for his rescue mission after the Battle of San Pasqual and for his coast-to-coast journey from California to Washington, DC to deliver news of the conflict in California to the U.S. government. During the American Civil War, Carson led a regiment of mostly Hispanic volunteers from New Mexico on the side of the Union at the Battle of Valverde in 1862.-Print ed.
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Table of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- Author’s Statement
- List of Illustrations - Volume I
- Chapter I - The Carson Family
- Chapter II - In Old Missouri-1811-1826
- Chapter III - The Road to Santa Fé-1826
- Chapter IV - New Mexico and New Mexicans
- Chapter V - As Fared the Runaway-1826-1829
- Chapter VI - The Trapper’s Trail-1829
- Chapter VII - American Trappers in California-1830
- Chapter VIII - To the Beaver Northwest-1831
- Chapter IX - The Mountain-Man-His Guise and His Garb
- Chapter X - The Mountain-Man-By Mule and By Horse
- Chapter XI - The Mountain-Man-On the Beaver Trail
- Chapter XII - The Mountain-Man-At Camp and Rendezvous
- Chapter XIII - The Mountain-Man-Domestic Matters
- Chapter XIV - The Mountain-Man-The Danger Trail
- Chapter XV - The Roll Call
- Chapter XVI - Adventures of Kit Carson-1832
- Chapter XVII - The Fight for Fur
- Chapter XVIII - Adventures of Kit Carson-1833-1834
- Chapter XIX - The American Wedge in Oregon
- Chapter XX - Adventures of Kit Carson-1834-1835
- Chapter XXI - Adventures of Kit Carson-1836-1838
- Chapter XXII - The Forking of the Trail
- Chapter XXIII - Bent’s Fort of the Plains
- Chapter XXIV - Bent, St. Vrain and Company
- Chapter XXV - Adventures of Kit Carson-1838-1842
- Chapter XXVI - On the Trail with Frémont-1842
- Chapter XXVII - Carson Makes a $300 Turn
- Chapter XXVIII - On the Trail with Frémont-1843-1844
- Chapter XXIX - Kit Carson’s Star in the Ascendant
- Chapter XXX - Out Again with Frémont-1845
- Chapter XXXI - In Again with Frémont-1846
- Chapter XXXII - American Rifles in California
- Chapter XXXIII - Frémont Marches and Counter-Marches
- Chapter XXXIV - California for Free Americans
- Chapter XXXV - Carson on the Glory Trail