Kit Carson’s Death – Cause and Date

The war hero Kit Carson died at the age of 58. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Frontiersman who participated in the Mexican-American and Civil Wars and led conquests of several Native American tribes.

He married Josefa Jaramillo in February 1843. The couple had eight children.

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In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds.

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Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely – never thinking that our lives were risked gaining it.