A
American Indians, 6, 9–10, 12, 15–18, 23, 25, 31–37, 40–42
Apache, 15, 36, 40
B
Bear Flag revolt, 26–30
beaver pelts, 15, 19, 21
Bent, Charles, 11–13, 31
Bridger, Jim, 23
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 36–37
C
California, 15–17, 25–30, 34, 35
California Battalion of Mounted Riflemen, 27
Carson, Adaline, 21, 22, 34
Carson, Josefa (Jaramillo), 21, 23, 25, 31, 34, 35, 43
Carson, Kit
birth, childhood/family life, 9–13
children, 21, 34, 39, 43
death, 43–44
described, 14
education, 10, 11, 13
as farmer, 25, 34
as guide, 5–8, 22, 24–25
as hero, 31, 44
as hunter, 21
marriages, 20–21, 23
as soldier, 25–34, 39–43
as trapper, 13–19, 35
wagon train work, 11–14
Carson, Lindsey, 9, 11
Carson, Rebecca, 9, 11
Carson Men, 21, 35
Civil War, 39–42
Comanche, 40–42
Congress, 34, 43
Crow, 18–19
F
Frémont, John C., 5–8, 22–32
G
gold, discovery of, 32
H
horse stealing, 15, 17, 18, 26
K
Kearny, Stephen, 28–30, 32
Kincaid, Matthew, 13
Kiowa, 40–42
Klamath, 25
M
Maxwell, Lucien, 22, 25, 34, 35
mountain men, 11, 17, 18–21
N
Navajo, 37, 40
O
Oregon Trail, 24–25
P
Polk, James, 31–32
R
Rockies, 18, 22–23
Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 18
runaways, 11, 16–17
S
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 11, 12–13, 17, 44
Sierra Nevada mountains, 5–8, 24
Sioux, 23
Stockton, Robert, 27–28, 30
T
Taos, New Mexico, 13, 14, 23, 25, 31, 35, 37–39, 44
U
Ute, 37, 43
W
Workman, David, 11
Y
Young, Ewing, 13–17