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Definition of Kit carson
1. Noun. United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868).
Generic synonyms: Backwoodsman, Frontiersman, Mountain Man
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kit Carson
Literary usage of Kit carson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures: From Facts Narrated by Himself : Embracing by De Witt Clinton Peters (1873)
"kit carson and two Companions plan a Hunt for themselves—The Great Success met
with—Return to Taos—Sale of the Beaver Fur—kit carson joins Captain Lee and ..."
2. The History of the Military Occupation of the Territory of New Mexico from by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1909)
"Christopher (Kit) Carson, as he was known among Americans, was born in the state
of Kentucky in the year 1808. He came to New Mexico about the year 1827, ..."
3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Importance of Guides — The Old Trappers — Lessons from the Indians — How an
Experienced Guide was Lost — Old Bridger— kit carson — The Requisites of a ..."
4. Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains: Or, The Last Voice from by William F. Drannan (1900)
"kit carson SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.—BECKWITH MAKES A CENTURY RUN. We remained at Taos
until August first, then, all being ready for our northern trip, ..."
5. History of the Border Wars of Two Centuries: Embracing a Narrative of the by Charles Richard Tuttle (1876)
"COLONEL FREMONT'S THIRD EXPEDITION — PECULIAR QUALITIES OF kit carson — FREMONT
... kit carson was, then, in the eyes of Fremont, a valuable companion. ..."
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