Kit Carson and the Indians
- ISBN-10
- 0803217153
- ISBN-13
- 9780803217157
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 525
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Thomas W. Dunlay
Description
Portrayed by past historians as the greatest guide and Indian fighter in the West, Kit Carson has become in recent years a historical pariah--a brutal murderer who betrayed the Navajos, and an unwitting dupe of American expansion, and a racist. Many historians now question both his reputation and his place in the pantheon of American heroes. Here we are urged to reconsider Carson yet again. Carson was a man of the nineteenth century, whose racial views and actions were much like those of his contemporaries.
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