overwhelming the group becomes a national priority. carsons land in the settlement of missouri home of the dan you ll boon clan. his family was good friends with the boon family. they intermarried. these were back woods men. they were rough and ready folks who were in search of opportunity. for his first few years he is confined to time inside coopers fort, an armed camp. four years later his father dies in a land clearing fire. kit leaves school to apprentice at a saddle ry. he totally disliked making