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Kit Carson

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Kit Carson

American frontiersman and guide (–)

This article is about the frontiersman. For other uses, see Kit Carson (disambiguation).

Kit Carson
Carson on a visit to Washington, D.C.,
Born	Christopher Houston Carson ()December 24, Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	May 23, () (aged&#;58) Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, U.S.
Resting place	Kit Carson Cemetery, Taos, New Mexico
Occupation(s)	Mountain man, frontiersman, guide, Indian agent, United States Army officer
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Spouses	(–; her death)
Allegiance	&#;United States Union
Service / branch	&#;United States Army Union Army
Years&#;of service	-
Rank	Brevet Brigadier General
Commands	1st New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Battles / wars	Mexican–American War American Indian Wars American Civil War

Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, &#;– May 23, ) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer. He became an American frontier legend in his own lifetime through biographies and news articles; exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, as well as profound effe

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How do we judge major figures in history who lived in a time when moral values and social mores differed from our own? Kit Carson offers a perfect example of that conundrum.

He is a figure who still inspires awe and admiration in hundreds of visitors to Fort Union for his bravery and skills in America's wilderness. He is also a figure who led the destructive and devastating campaign against the Navajos and their homeland, a campaign of "total" warfarethat took place a full year before Sherman's "March to the Sea" in Georgia.

He is a figure who, with his Hispano wife, raised at least one orphaned Indian child in his household. He is also the figure who attacked the Mescalero Apaches, the Kiowas and the Comanches with the same fervor he displayed against the Navajos. Finally, he is a figure who, ill and nearing the end of his life, accompanied Ute Indian leaders on an exhausting trip to Washington, DC, in an effort to help them establish a reservation in Colorado.

Kit Carson was a complex person who embodied many shades of gray, but his reputation is beholden to a modern society looking for simple answers in black and white.

The Legend

Carson's exploits were truly legendary.

When the White Family was attacked on the Santa Fe Trail near the Canadian River in northeastern