CARSON, CHRISTOPHER , eri can hunter a== was c•:=-- in Ma:Ysc n : _ ry Ky. on Dec.
raised on :ne Missouri =::::ier. For a brief riod a ap :e__:.ce 3-_c teamster in :_a soo:_.;cs;., after IJ:e he bew_'ae a profess; ==a_ trapper. hunter a He accompanied Toh<^ C. Fremca: on his exploring expeditions of 154: and :S43-4.4 and on his California ems; ion in 1545-6. Carson took part in the 1iexfc n \V"ar. and in zS 5_: he became In dian agent at Taos, N.M.. ? n ;,' _: _ _ _ _ Lino—a his knowledge of the Indian :_a_:s a= _ __ __ _c was able to exercise for many years a reatr it ing -= = , er the warlike Apaches and other tribes. During the Civil War he r iered valuable aid to the Fed eral cause in the Southwest. In March i S65 he was breveted brigadier-general of volunteers : c r imp_ onant services in New Mexico. Arizona and 'L.- La:a. : - -- : after the war be re sumed his position as Indian agent. which he he: until his death at Fort Lyon. CoL. on May z 3. 1663. "Kit' Cason, often called Nestor of the occupied in the pater period of American pioneer history a position . = r to that held 1=: Daniel Boone earlier. as the typical iron:.er hero and In h:er. and his hairbreac: h escapes . f '.gin `ss , and per sonal are the subject o i.nn= _ ra _ _ e stories.
The chief biographies are by DeWitt C. P . _ S i . Cares Burdett (iasg), J. S. C. Albott . E. S.
reliable) E. L. C.:r_ n's Stare of Ht: Life. _ =_ :r _ _: tire. ed. B_:- - = C. Grant (7926' .