Kit Carson
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Christopher Houston Carson, popularly known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer.
Carson on a visit to Washington, D.C.
Early photograph (possibly the first) of Kit Carson wearing a beaver hat
Mountain man Kit Carson and his favorite horse, Apache, from The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains by De Witt C. Peters. The book was Carson's first biography and was printed in 1858.
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Long Walk of the Navajo
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The Long Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, was the deportation and forced relocation of the Navajo people by the United States federal government and the United States a
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…New Mexico, Carson led forces to suppress the Navajo, Mescalero Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche tribes by destroying their food sources. Carson oversaw the Long Walk of the Navajo. He was breveted a brigadier general and took command of Fort Garland, Colorado, but poor health soon forced him to retire from military life. Carson…
Manuelito, studio portrait, c. 1897
Barboncito, c. 1865
Undated photo of Kit Carson from the Library of Congress
A U.S. soldier stands guard over Navajo people during the Long Walk.