Kit Carson Kit Carson was an another Daniel Boone. He was the third famous explorer of North Carolina. Tradition claims he was born in Kentucky, but raised in Missouri. But the Carson family say he came straight from North Carolina. Kit was nicknamed from Christopher. He was an orphan as a child and put to work as a saddlemaker. At age fifteen, he ran away and became and a cook and errand boy on Santa Fe Trail. He was barely five feet tall when he became one of the most famous hunters and trappers in the nation. Kit was also known to fair and gentle. It was said that his "word was as sure as the sun coming up. " He was married twice to an Indian women. They both died early in the marriages. During the Mexican War, Carson helped lead Americans into Californa. He then became a rancher and Indian agent in New Mexico territory. He was married the third time to a Hispanic women and settled in the town of Taos. Carson last action really wasn't admired that much. He drove Navaho off their land and into reservations. Many had suffered. This was a sad ending to for a white man who had been a friend to the Indians for a long time. He later died after the Civil War.
Kit Carson was an another Daniel Boone. He was the third famous explorer of North Carolina. Tradition claims he was born in Kentucky, but raised in Missouri. But the Carson family say he came straight from North Carolina. Kit was nicknamed from Christopher. He was an orphan as a child and put to work as a saddlemaker. At age fifteen, he ran away and became and a cook and errand boy on Santa Fe Trail. He was barely five feet tall when he became one of the most famous hunters and trappers in the nation. Kit was also known to fair and gentle. It was said that his "word was as sure as the sun coming up. " He was married twice to an Indian women. They both died early in the marriages. During the Mexican War, Carson helped lead Americans into Californa. He then became a rancher and Indian agent in New Mexico territory. He was married the third time to a Hispanic women and settled in the town of Taos. Carson last action really wasn't admired that much. He drove Navaho off their land and into reservations. Many had suffered. This was a sad ending to for a white man who had been a friend to the Indians for a long time. He later died after the Civil War.