He did not like Santa Fe, however, and went to Taos instead. Kit Carson, the explorer, was fascinated by the life on the Santa Fe Trail. He was returned to his master, but the experience taught him a lot about the American frontier. He made his way to the upper part of the state, where he was spotted and arrested by a deputy sheriff. He was grateful to find himself sitting in saddles instead of making them.Ĭarson’s adventure began when he ran away from his master, a saddler in Franklin, Missouri. When he was fourteen, Kit signed on as a laborer for a large merchant caravan heading to Santa Fe. The settlers there had to live huddled together in cabins near forts, and the men tended the fields with armed sentries constantly patrolling the forest clearings. The Boone’s Lick country, though uncultivated, was not uninhabited. He was a quiet, stubborn, and reliable kid with bright blue eyes. His family moved to the Missouri frontier in 1815, and he grew up on a farm near the Missouri River. He did not hate Indians, but he fought against them in many skirmishes that could have gone either way.Ĭhristopher Houston Carson was born in 1809 in Kentucky. He could be brutal even for the West of his day. Kit Carson was a lovable man, but he was also a natural born killer. He never took a second shot at standing game if his initial shot missed, and he was a straight arrow who did not drink or womanize. Kit Carson was a man of many habits and superstitions. He had never been to the East, but he had traveled extensively in the Western regions, and had seen the Pacific Ocean.

He was a quiet, stubborn, and reliable kid with bright blue eyes.Kit Carson was a trapper, scout, and explorer who had traveled extensively in the Western wilds. #4 Christopher Houston Carson was born in 1809 in Kentucky. He did not hate Indians, but he fought against them in many skirmishes that could have gone either way. #3 Kit Carson was a lovable man, but he was also a natural born killer. #2 Kit Carson was a man of many habits and superstitions. #1 Kit Carson was a trapper, scout, and explorer who had traveled extensively in the Western wilds.

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