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To mule hill and the mexican army retreats. a year later the u.s. wins the mexican american war and triples in size stretching from the atlantic to the pacific. largely due to his political tenacity and kit carsons efforts on the ground the manifest destiny is fully realized. after riding overland to st. louis, carson catches a train for washington to deliver fremonts reports to the president. >> washington, d.c. at the time of kit carsons arrival is becoming much more sophisticated and just ima...

Carson rides to washington to deliver the good news to the president. a trip that includes a special stop. carson is a newlywed marrying between expeditions. he hadz seen her only a few months in the last year. just as carson is nearing home, duty directs his path. >> kit carson ran into steven watts attorney leading the dragoons over land from santa fe in order to nin nish the conquest of california. >> we are going to the west coast. >> i am harris falkner. we are watching a situation unfold i...

Fl >> in retaliation carson and these men go on a war path and they find a village not far away that they completely destroy. it is truly a massacre. it is kind of over kill in retaliation for the original violence. >> did you get your revenge? >> we gave them something to remember. >> just days after the incident the united states declares war on mexico. navy war ships close in on the pacific coast and army troops advance from it the east. >> hey. >> in california fremont and carson capture son...

Native scouts to guide the way. >> carson and fremont frwere an odd couple along the way. he was partly educated free kind of guy. carson was a rye sense of humor, always giving someone else the credit. >> wi > with carsons help he has a wagon route through the rockies. >> they became natural scouts. the government would go to just to know whats out there. they are walking palaces of the united states at that point. >> carson. >> look at that land. as far as i can see. >> by may 1846 fremont an...

Saddles. along with other things there were a lot of stories about the frontier that would fascinate anybo anybody>> at 16 young kit heads west turns the boys adventure into a mans livelihood. >> there probably was not a more dangerous profession in america at that time than being a mountain man. there was the danger of grizz zee bears, hypothermia, starvation. he went into trackless wilderness for months at a time all in pursuit of befr pellets. >> kit becomes an expert trapper and lives by a c...

>> mr. carson, welcome, sir. you helped carry out the great work of this country. not many men could do what you did. >> since i got here to washington i have gone hadone h what most people say i have. >> the president asks carson to stay on as transcontinental courier. >> these letters need to make it to california safely. a oo i will do that, mr. president. >> his loyalty has his crossing the country for two years while his old friend john fremont continues to settle the west. after completing...

Politicians clammer to cease the vast lan lands of the western frontiers. in the rockies where mountain men thrived kit carsons life is fading away. he lieft his daughter in missoui with family protecting her from the struggle that lies ahead. on his return trip down the mississippi his prospects change. >> how far are you taking her? >> i am leaving the exhibition for the rocky mountains. >> you ever been to the mountains, sir? >> a far piece. probably take you where you want to go. >> john c f...

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>> carleton believed the indians, particularly the navajos, had to be put on a reservation, essentially turn them into farmers, educate their kids, bring them into american civilization. >> the general selects a parcel of land in southeast new mexico called round forest for his grand experiment. if the navajos refused to move, carson is to kill them on site. >> can you handle that? >> to take people from the land that they know and to put them in a land that they dont know is disastrous to the w...

Been living most of his life out on the frontier, has got to come back to this society. he had to be very uncomfortable. >> off the trail, kit is a shy and unassuming man, content to keep to himself. in washington, his celebrity is overwhelming. >> there had been all of these blood and thunder books that depicted kit carson as this giant who killed two indians before breakfast and was a caricature. >> when youre made into a legendary figure in your own time, theres no way youll ever be able to r...