Show A Ha l y ti Ir ja jatI of 0 tI th hE Old Od OdA West WestI t MO O A V V U Ut A M Op I I I IV V G c RO S VrR L I II F r 1 slow x II II I 1 I vr II I SZ i SN o IJ o II I r j uee r r tar I DIO RS r at I raft r s FIl 1 jr U S Gat v vh h I r UTES S t rero y rSm S t fOR ROU r tr ou want SAN P l r rou a ny 4 I Ic Ft c wr r rj rp j p ere F of 0 y y Q d NES n nD D I CD APA I rc fi a 1 By ELMO SCOTT WAT WATSON ON On 0 Christmas diy In the th morning 1809 un under sized d tow I elded bandy legged blue blu eyed boy sped In o I tl tI o world orld squalling lustily with an un uncontrolled uncontrolled uncontrolled controlled excitement which no later nd could arouse arous In lam Small bandy legged leg ed blue eyed a and sandy haired he remained l to the end of ot his hiday days and to this unimpressive appear anco ance the thA til sun lIun added Ics Yet this boy t typically topically backwoodS as he h was wasand wasand as asand and apparently no different from other lads of his family and nas as nasto viato to exhibit such character display such competence and achieve such tame fame n nn distinguish few cw other lone Ion adventurers adventurer In hl history tory be begins the saga of ot a greet frontier man s as recorder I In a 0 af a f book booL hit lt C The arson arson The Happy of ot the theOld J I l Old W est cst recently i f by If Un the Is Stinley l estal other Rise Ise halter niter alter St Lr t a I ell a professor of ot I 1 at Hie lie ot of Oklahoma and u n u II nan an n who ho has lias hall had hadan hadan un an unusual ual to write HIIe the final tor or J In la 11 II kit hit I 1 larson arson I or as ns he lie S si I b 1 In tI 11 tie e a preface e I am with lIh much of the country kit hit I 1 ser er and with tint that I which he made lis I h Is life long lone I cad 1 I grew gre greup up imong twang the Hie U 1 ey enn enne an J Aril Ani ilio aho In Indians llan the tribes S filth which hL h In was ae mist m t Intimately as ass asS s elated and from froin which he lie to II k hie two t 0 h c nd I 1 think I 1 hate l Seldom eldom missed cd an opportunity to talk lh an nn old tinier timer who ho could tell me meil 11 out the lie days dais II s and ways of ot America s sheals heals Ie ne age ng II 11 r e original s of ot ma material I 1 Ie e lists such i as Ce e rge r lent I eat son n of ot lot Lol A I t Lent and 0 I Roman and find grandson doll of Ilia keeper of tl tI tic e a enne Medicine Ar Arr r ss left I fI II Hind land 1 nil aehee n 11 h hee 1 itan tan and of tI tie e a Indians 1111 ando and 1 o 0 of f Chief I T Ml 11 Over Oser I omen r H so e Thun ler r I 1 I Guerrier of the I In addition to tt tI tl eci 1 Ind I Its lis is er or Janus James Itchier I ill II who ho sen served d on the stiff Staff ct of I ft fr tl tI tie I e 1 I nn an I 1 si 1 ent much of Ills hits time line In milking making In II I ItI tI 11 ris ns In th the S Southwest the lie author of lids look I oak ook leas Ins use uce of ot the rl- rl re surd re-surd cs of such hl lorlan'S js IS Geor pot e eI I Ird Grinnell 1 1 I 1 lain In L Sal Sui In II II I K is I r un an In I 1 II I Grant frant who lat Int year ear pub lashed for the first time Carson Corson sown a s own memoirs As one of tl tI e a rig PI our Four our of th the American Am Fn Flintier ll the oil er cr three art are Daniel Pu rune Pi ne nl Davy 11 y Crockett and Sam am kit Houston It I Carson Cirson his has been n nh written al III ut I 1 lit ul n as Mr lea eS e'S est tat tal l points out Kit hit s 8 first lirt I II t i male la hIm r ul ul a striking but lo to 1 I ern eri They i heed him In n II t wl nil all the he hack halk ha jr ground lund und rt t f lift lili age In slid w rt pr him hlin us ne nl III once me ll I hs ii s un 1 lie Ilc II L u nut ivas to In maket e nuke mlle It re I II in 11 li 11 ii 1 in lean III tl e er r with a I I 1111 tl it at tI tie a P PI I once had I hem rn n II dot or I rf re I 1 To Tn mike matler worse It tie e Western 1 Stern lIr lien ter t Iame rom cant d ni m I 1 the he country cas casIle II Ile did d d with Ill I'll i amen nhi fi IH-f IH fi r I a 11 c r II sl I rill nil n n-l n i set seI I I 0 lure 1 I an 1111 I made l if f ll II lie e a Old lid 11 c l est t l n 0 d eI i t l ip ill bur burk Il nue u 71 Ills 1111 la kellin h k n 11 u i le Ie leus u us nil all nu mire r re ski l ki Ilene I II I I than ever an nn I lt II LIt acs 11 us n l nh ah ut UI to In po go n the theIn hein In II rite file f II e 1111 in nr I 1 Ie le I t cd rd wait min III In I of n nl ul it Irr Ir was wis 10 i Ii ri 11 il 1 I J lit If to tD ref U the tiie tn it n 1 in HI t I lle tl e Ill I'll IraI teI 11 i ol of fl rl P e 11 h Ike Ih l In In n II i red ered Gills Chic 1 under sixteen I oteen cars or of fig mud will url I It IL 11 t L d allo to enter pro pros c l Ip lp meets mNo ascot 1 JIn In tag to n 0 I ruling of the OU I ranch ot of 11 ae e a Vii e I men s a Am Am I ed cd IT cr Illon of ot Can Cun ids idi Of nf the cast sl n tl ti lee ice buts In wl wI k Ie I IC II C I lie nt Inline lit t o f ter tl nut l has Ina l I Ie e hn has H I thirty hn If d ruti ul won son on set cC ll en us nn engaged III In fur bur fiurI in II D no l n Cf cc c I t st t one ODe nut DOli 11 n was nas no contest I account of the product 01 that I ae ole when nhen trick Irick cowboys CO boss and gal nal humans were tere as liS yet II unknown III n 0 05 n As 5 r research mOl mole q up the corners corner an nn I corrects the lie ot of the earlier accounts of his career It Is more moro and more clear cleir tint Chit the legend needs neds rechecking II Is tine Ue to retell the adventures oll of great grat reat little man And that Is what hot Mr Jr estal estol has hal done retold retold Kit hit Carson Curson s and projected the action of ot the ept a an on authentic baITO 1 background d dot ot of the Old Oldest est Hest est In which hit Kit Carsol Ih lied ed In the first chapter he offers on an Interpretation of ot Kit hit Carson the min and an 1 the frontiersman which stuns him up as follows Dispassionate comparison will dam dem d how worthy he h Is of ot a rank en een with the tir best b of ot legendary heroes Kit Carson Caron s a endless Journeys journey through ll e a wilderness make mak the tabled fabled wanderings of ot Odysseus seem eem week eek end excursions of ot a stay at lome 1 ome his bis hum rivals Robin Hoods Hood 15 In to and In to f women he h rates n a siebe at the Round Hound Table TaUe his courage and coolness against hopeless odds may be matched tut iut t ut not surpassed by the tir old roso hoso heroes while his hb prowess In In Innumerable Innumerable numerable battles all battles all quite quit without the aid of Invulnerable armor or the encouragement of Indulgent goddesses coddes e mikes Achilles look like Ilk a a wash out 1 Ibis his v no Idle Idl boast any candid read reader reador reader or er will III admit It Yet Tet Kit was as no n seeker after re renown renown r Shy tad ind matter of ot tact fact he h went bout about the tho th business of ot his life lite lit with no notion nollon that he h was to be b the th archetype ot of the American pioneer Before Defore Ilor ace Greeley thought of ot his celebrated lIe advice hit Kit hid had already gone con West Neat and sro grown n up with Ith the th country And be because cause ause he did grow crow up with It he left all the th other mountain men behind him pathetic pathetic survivors ot of t a dead epoch It teas rs this adaptability this superior competence com tence which made mad him the figure he remains In the h history ot of f the frontier When tame fame fam came It abashed him and ho he h never belayed l any of ot the showmanship which winch has so cheapened the western adventurers of a later IlY hit Kit was no boaster boater no outlaw no charlatan no gunman conman Only the willfulness of ot youth flung him Into that endless series fries of ot expedItions Sl ree battles adventures ot of f nery sort making makIng- him chief actor on tl ti e elargest elargest largest stage wI wl ereon croon a heroic age ace oser er vcr went ent Its swift and roaring to law and civilization He tie looked his part so Mill that on one lon some emigrants on the Oregon Trail hay hav hayIng Ing paused to tl stare star at the th famous scout went back k to their wagons wagon opting l and too to be honed by those thole thoi wi wl 0 o had pointed outI out I it t Insignificant look g c little mm min mins s V hen fame tame could no longer be k le e oled nied the myth makers went to work TI ey cy piled their legends about kit hit until the th mm mm t Is le hardly seen They concealed and Ignored 1 ti e a wild deeds of his youth though ho he h killed more men tl tI an Dilly Billy the h Lid Kid they sal said aid l nothing of ot his adventures with women though he h la known to married d three times and twice will out the th blessing of ot the church rot Not NotI hotI I how to pre prevent present ent such a man manthey manthey manthey they manufactured m a 11 monster On theone theone the one n han hand l they filled failed to exi the winning hum hums humn 1 Ity of ot their victim on Ii 1 e a other they magnified fled his lolls laying It 11 on a leHle too thick to tou u use e Kit hit Kits s a own sly comment on the authorize 1 I Life Lire H J I lit I L c t tieh I h In the tile life of ot kit Carson aroll II h tie I I lien ten len told lold so often that II PT v are ar to most In l w lS Kit w is tie tic Cor ar Carson son family left his lilb I In Marl son nn and ani went sent to i Miss Ihl nil lion ho as a II small mall boy Kit hit sit ran wild Ith Hie the ors cl CI I t I nIl 1 1 J cc dons ins an ani I dl Ill 1 I chores al ni out Ii h me t t t rss vv Ie e ins OS all to It a ItS sl S l Iler It t I r i nil M t rut lit ran ow IV l e-l Ins big adventure as no t I trapper TI Tien eo tollo cJ Us lis fist trip to Santa bantu FeOtis Fe e Otis Olla Brannon E coo I base baseman baseman baseman man of ot tI tl c e ISri Hr ns dl di not break into Inlo the lilt hit column until 11 II e a sixth game same or of ofHie the season w wl I 1 en Cn I Ie e t I o ed out a 0 single against tie tl tI e I Ite lie Sox Babe tutu and Cy y y Moore of tI tl e Yankees an on 11 wagers again t liar J labs I I let ct Moore Ie le 11 act t get gel n L hits all ull season Cy got ROI six lx at 01 aid II d collected tl ll L bet li t Now r III IIII fats I et I I t uth a n suit o of clod es c e he will III net hit 21 Ills Ii III la sear lIr an ani I the II n III ib chr ugh 11 IL I L down t need a new hult bult his 1119 taken the bet beL bet I IN N J ii J with Ith d 1 tie e wagon train of Lent St rain and c Indian ani an traders which was to launch him upon his amazing career A us as e 11 mountain man scout guide for tor Gen Cen erol eral Fremont remont Indian fighter fl ll war nr leider on the tir rew kew f evv Mexican frontier of ot the lie Sinta re Fe e trail troll and amiI r other Kit hit In ti II tie e a government s with the Indians Such uch a n career of course coarse with multitude of thrilling Incidents gave the III 11 I cst Hest st tJ type tipe pe of writer a chance to do his Ills I lest eit or worst or t and ind few v of ot them failed to mike the most mOlt ot of the opportunity In writing of kit Carson Car on Tile The result his I een en a Jumble ot of truth and absurdity which fully justifies tl Is latest Capon Cirson pliers s criticisms ms of ot Its lIs I Is predecessors nut But he has e explode l many any of the oM old and In their place substitute I 1 either the lie facts or theories which In I le e accepted as logical and reasonable For or Carson Ins has bl been n painted as a man with a vision Ision of tie tI p vast empire of ot the est cst which he be was wae to help open up This Tills new nw picture i f Carson Curson slows sl him as ns an empire hu 11 I 1 r er nil all right not because he Intended to be he one but because he be liked lIell tI tl e elife elife elife life which these unconscious cm Ire I the liver the scouting of hall had Indians and ond making moUn treadS Ith Food ones trapping hunting dancing drinking and loving For or In st at I nice ince C Carson Corson did not go co with Fromont fro fromont ro romont mont to carry carry the Stars mid and to the lie summits of ot the cockles and will this vast territory for tor his country as th the sentimentalist historians would hate ha It Kit hit went ent with Fremont says Mr Vestal estal estal Because he 10 ed Jos pl a his third an J lost last wife Ife and an 1 wanted to better himself ilke I Ike most people who do tl Ings In lu the worl 1 I of affairs he was mo moved mosed ell by no grand rand schemes mes or highfalutin sense of ot service erv Ice or honor but simply s set t his heart hearton hearton on n a women wom-in and a n little money An I 1 that Is la sound common sen sense e Ills 1113 manner r of ot dying was ns us as a i mple as os the manner of ot his living The came May Joy 23 3 at Fort ort Ly Lyn n Colo where here lie he was under the care core of ot nn an surgeon lie was as tired of ot the food that had lied been glen given h en him Cook me some tome fust lust rate doln dote a 8 s-ild s the old scout scout t buffalo Dull and a bowl of ot coffee and a pipe are what I need The Tho Th surgeon warned him that the meal mul would woul l probably be b fatal nut lilt hit Insisted and 1 tl tI e a surgeon that he h was going soon Boon did lot lank oppose him The Th expected I followed Lit Kit called out outI outa ut utIra I a Ira m gone cone Doctor compa compadre a adios llos The end Va was swirL swift So 80 died Lit Kit Carson Orson brave brav unaffected self sufficient to the tho th last purr puff un of ot his hI old du a trencherman with the bull meat met under hll belt and andin the old gleam eleam In his tired eyes blow blowIng Ing smoke Into the th ot of o death Yo whom horn 1 I e had flouted so s often orten 11 II le Is I Is the th happy warrior this Is h he That every very mm mn In arms should wish to be |