Christopher Carson
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
English
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AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS

CHRISTOPHER CARSON
FAMILIARLY KNOWN
AS
KIT CARSON
The Pioneer of the West.
BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYELEANOR GREATOREX
New York:Dodd & Mead, No. 762 Broadway
1874
Newburgh Stereotype Co.
Lange, Little & Co.,
PRINTERS,
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Pioneers and Patriots of America.
By JOHN S.C. ABBOTT.
Each one volume, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50.
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PREFACE.
It is a prominent object of this volume to bring to light the wildadventures of the pioneers of this continent, in the solitudes of themountains, the prairies and the forests; often amidst hostile Indians, andfar away from the restraints and protection of civilization. This strange,weird-like life is rapidly passing away, before the progress ofpopulation, railroads and steamboats. But it is desirable that the memoryof it should not drift into oblivion. I think that almost every reader ofthis narrative will be somewhat surprised, in its development of thecharacter of Christopher Carson. With energy and fearlessnessnever surpassed, he was certainly one of the most gentle, upright, andlovable of men. It is strange that the wilderness could have formed soestimable a character. America will not permit the virtues of soillustrious a son to be forgotten.
JOHN S.C. ABBOTT.
CONTENTS.
| PREFACE. |
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| CONTENTS. |
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| Early Training. |
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| Birth of Christopher Carson.—Perils of the Wilderness.—Necessary Cautions.—Romance of the Forest.—The Far West.—The Encampment.—The Cabin and the Fort.—Kit an Apprentice.—The Alarm.—Destruction of a Trading Band.—The Battle and the Flight.—Sufferings of the Fugitives.—Dreadful Fate of Mr. Schenck.—Features of the Western Wilderness.—The March. | 9 |
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