Show nn n r 5 5 KIT CARSON CA DISPATCH AS BEARER j 2 1 H i 01 M nn l t n v w 01 was teas as needed a II to tolie the lie government at n II t Washington Who ho ettor could servo 1810 ne at nt this than thun this little rider Kit Itt Carson Onmon lie started on September r 15 iii 1816 cord and i ind Aron vv On n tho tiro Holik i when ho met mol Gen Cei column I nUll and was ordered to tr return to i in this return the Kearney column was wall assailed by b the California Mexicans kern fighters themselves who usherl forces Into n desperate Mt sa satiation lIlIon Tim Tha beleaguered troops needed n 1 out to ta San Sun Diego Kit Carson and heals Heule of ot the navy the task tack The lime of the march wrecked wre ked the mind and body of ur rhea I Ir a who w ho was nn Invalid for tor two j 1 r thereafter ther atter It was vas nothing to Kit kI l In March 1841 he woe was slatted started once more us ue n a dispatch Beare to tu Washington This Thin time hue he met tho the Indians on he Olin thum got fot through crossed New Mexico dc tie the till river and In III the tho month of ot Juno June arrived at It niter after having etude mude miles In O months time The Journey requires little more than three days nul but hut we ive dA do not make It horseback hors At Washington ns as tome come sort port of ot re me reward ward 11 rd tom foi his bin services 1 arson was ap al appointed n mer 1 r pointed lieutenant of ot the tho rifle corps corp of ot the tho States Sin tell army His Ills commis commission commission sion slon however never though this ho did not learn until some months menthe later Inter In tel lie He was sent nent back hack to California with dispatches Ho lie cross w wed ed the r river r c ought fought I t the he I I Oo 1 n manchee at al the Point faint of at Hooks got gol through them tham passed the amid ami won soon u nil as tar far through an liS the Vir Virgin Virgin Ir gin hl river before hutor he met his next Indian light He Ile H lad and fifteen 1 com pin loin here liora stood oft off Indians In time ho he reach reached ed fl Monterey and later Iller to tn toko ko keep p In practise took service I against the Mexicans on tho border for foru fora u a time i I lucre was Willi no mon man of ot nil those known to tho ho at army my who hall hail tho the resources o or was co so well Nell ell as a n a skier Ihler ns its Kit Carson lie He Heria wits ria 1 sent hack back once tame moie to Washing Washington ton the tho spring Billing of ISla Time The I physical frame of or sissy any nl other man limn himself had hlll b been en enby I by those there too ton fur tar racked to enable him ham to In make this long Ions nail and hazardous trip trill The rime souls of oC most men would have hn 0 failed ailed them tong long ere this Yet thin hardy tou tough h little man Just Juet bin big bl enough h for 01 steady riding cheer cheerfully cheerfully fully took tills this third Journey across n u continent ns as dispatch bearer I 1 on Though Hough In Outing Online |