Kit Carson

"Early in 1861 the Rebellion broke out, and all minor affairs were swallowed up in the major one of preserving the Union. The troops were recalled from the Navajo country to take part in the struggle, …"

"Shortly after the ignominious expulsion of the Texas invaders, General J.H. Carleton was appointed to the command of this Department, and with the greatest promptitude he turned his attention to the f…"

"Jis' to think of that dog Chivington and his dirty hounds, up thar at Sand Creek. His men shot down squaws, and blew the brains out of little innocent children. You call sich soldiers Christians, do y…"

"Well, I'll tell ye. I war down on the plains, an' the Comanches got after me. Thar war 'bout five hundred of 'em, an' they chased me. We run an' we run, an' my hoss war killed an' I clum a sort o' but…"

"Owing to the strength of this tribe which numbered then not less than sixty or seventy thousand souls embracing as it did some of those Indians who now call themselves 'Apaches' but who still speak th…"

"An oft-repeated anecdote is that which relates of an army officer, somewhat of a hero-worshiper, who, upon meeting Carson, exclaimed, effusively: "So this is the great Kit Carson, who has made so many…"

"Particular care should be taken that every promise made to them should be observed to the letter. In this way I am confident that in a few years they would equal if not excel our peaceful and industri…"

"Peters laid it on a leetle too thick."