New Mexico Historical Review Volume 1 Number 4 Article 2 10-1-1926 Kit Carson: Pathbreaker, Patriot and Humanitarian Francis T. Cheetham Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr Recommended Citation Cheetham, Francis T.. "Kit Carson: Pathbreaker, Patriot and Humanitarian." New Mexico Historical Review 1, 4 (1926). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol1/iss4/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in New Mexico Historical Review by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE RUNAWAY BOY, C. CARSON NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW Vol. I. October, 1926. No.4. KIT CARSON Pathbreaker, Patriot and Humanitarian By F. T. CHEETHAM Just one hundred years ago, next month, there arrived in Santa Fe, with a belated caravan from the Missouri River, a run-away boy of sixteen years, who was destined to win the spurs of fame on the American frontier. Though of such tender years, he possessed a modesty of demeanor coupled with a firm self-reliance that became outstanding characteristics of his career. His name was Christopher Carson, but he soon became affectionately know by all who knew and loved him as "Kit" Carson. During the two years next preceding he had .b.een ap prenticed to David Workman in a saddlery. He loved the great out-of-doors and the work at a bench became irk some to him. He therefore ran away.