ISBN: 2940013221246

CHAPTER I.Kit Carson's Youth -- His Visit to New Mexico -- Acts as Interpreterand in Various Other Employments -- Joins a Party of Trappers andEngages in a Fight with Indians -- Visits th… mais…

CHAPTER I.Kit Carson's Youth -- His Visit to New Mexico -- Acts as Interpreterand in Various Other Employments -- Joins a Party of Trappers andEngages in a Fight with Indians -- Visits the Sacramento Valley.Kit Carson, the most famous hunter, scout and guide ever known inthis country, was a native of Kentucky, the scene of the principalexploits of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, the Wetzel brothers andother heroic pioneers whose names are identified with the historyof the settlement of the West.Christopher Carson was born in Madison county, December 24, 1809,and, while he was still an infant, his father removed to CentralMissouri, which at that day was known as Upper Louisiana. It wasan immense wilderness, sparsely settled and abounding with wildanimals and treacherous Indians. The father of Carson, like most ofthe early pioneers, divided his time between cultivating the landand hunting the game in the forests. His house was made strongand was pierced with loopholes, so as to serve him in his defenceagainst the red men that were likely to attack him and his familyat any hour of the day or night. In such a school was trained thewonderful scout, hunter and guide.No advantages in the way of a common school education were withinreach of the youth situated as was Kit Carson. It is to be believed,however, that under the tutelage of his father and mother, hepicked up a fair knowledge of the rudimentary branches, for hisattainments in that respect were above the majority of those withwhom he was associated in after life. Digital Content>E-books>Juv Young Readers>Juv Young Readers>Juv Fiction PB, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940013221246

CHAPTER I.Kit Carson's Youth -- His Visit to New Mexico -- Acts as Interpreterand in Various Other Employments -- Joins a Party of Trappers andEngages in a Fight with Indians -- Visits th… mais…

CHAPTER I.Kit Carson's Youth -- His Visit to New Mexico -- Acts as Interpreterand in Various Other Employments -- Joins a Party of Trappers andEngages in a Fight with Indians -- Visits the Sacramento Valley.Kit Carson, the most famous hunter, scout and guide ever known inthis country, was a native of Kentucky, the scene of the principalexploits of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, the Wetzel brothers andother heroic pioneers whose names are identified with the historyof the settlement of the West.Christopher Carson was born in Madison county, December 24, 1809,and, while he was still an infant, his father removed to CentralMissouri, which at that day was known as Upper Louisiana. It wasan immense wilderness, sparsely settled and abounding with wildanimals and treacherous Indians. The father of Carson, like most ofthe early pioneers, divided his time between cultivating the landand hunting the game in the forests. His house was made strongand was pierced with loopholes, so as to serve him in his defenceagainst the red men that were likely to attack him and his familyat any hour of the day or night. In such a school was trained thewonderful scout, hunter and guide.No advantages in the way of a common school education were withinreach of the youth situated as was Kit Carson. It is to be believed,however, that under the tutelage of his father and mother, hepicked up a fair knowledge of the rudimentary branches, for hisattainments in that respect were above the majority of those withwhom he was associated in after life. Digital Content>E-books>Young Readers>Juv Young Reader>Juv Young Reader, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940013221246

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