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Kit Carson
American Explorers
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Christopher Carson, trapper, guide, Indian agent, soldier, was born in Kentucky in and soon emigrated with his family to Missouri.
When 17 he joined a hunting expedition and for eight years lived as a trapper, ranging as far as California in He later was appointed hunter for Bent's Fort. When returning from a visit to his family he met John C. Fr�mont who hired him as guide for his explorations.
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Since Carson know many of the Indian tribes, their languages and their territories he proved invaluable to Fr�mont, actively participating in the conquest of California and in the battles for the recovery of Los Angeles. In Carson went to Washington, bearing dispatches.
In he drove 6, sheep over the mountains into California. Upon his return he was appointed Indian Agent at Taos in New Mexico. As agent he was instrumental in bringing about treaties between the United States and the Indians. With the advent of