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Mexico along side his beloved wife who dies the month before after giving birth to their 6th child. >> kit carson is one of the most complex characters in american history. his legend adds a blood thirsty killer created the novels of his time does not tell the truth. his epic adventures in war and exploration embody the american spirit in its struggle with national conscience and global identity. the good and the bad that come with the great conquest of the american west are summed up in carsons...

Us to understand it was a very different time. a very violent time. he was very, very loyal to his friends. he was ferocious to his enemies. >> in the old testament, its an eye for an eye. on the frontier, its coming true. [ screaming ] >> counting coo was between the mountain men and the native americans. you had to recipient in kind and with greater voracity. this was a way of life for kit carson. >> in 1840, after giving birth to their second daughter, singing grass dies from

Never forgiven kit carson. perhaps as a form of protest, kit refuses to participate in the long walk. but its not enough to hes his guilt. >> carson had a lot of regret at the end of all of this. the experiment was a failure and carson realized he had a lot of blood on his hands. >> in the twilight of his days with failing health, kit goes back to washington to help negotiate a major treaty f.

For kit carson, the choice is clear. he stands with his country. >> aint nobody going to touch the damn flag! >> for more revealing stories on these and other western characters, purchase the companion book at billoreilly.com. give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "howan my car depreciate before its first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is, why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, well replace the full value of your...

Carson have become national folk heroes. after two successful expeditions to blaze the oregon trail. >> they were the first people to figure out where they could forge rivers, what was the safest routes so you didnt have to climb mountains and they led all of the mountaineers. >> the path finder and kit carson was his trustee scout. >> john fremont is a darling but the truth path finder is kit carson. today they fueled the western expansion but soon their mission to map the western territories w...

He was hungry and he wanted a buffalo steak and he wanted to smoke his pipe, like in those days as a trapper. he was never so happy as he was when he was a mountain man. ♪ (coughing) >> doc, adios. >> kit carson dies as he lived, with humor and humility, loyal and selfless to a fault, choosing his duty before personal honor. he is buried in tawas, new mexico along side his beloved

Mexico has retaken every city in the state except san diego. carney orders an attack but the americans are outnumbered. the waning force becomes trapped on a hill with no cover. >> dont take a shot unless youve got it. >> and dwindling supplies. >> its a desperate situation. they run out of food. the only thing they have to eat are the mules and the only reinforcements are about 30 miles away in san diego. >> carneys last hope is to send a messenger on foot to sneak through enemy lines. >> carso...

Right. >> there was swapping of women, marriages took place with indian swabs, as they were called. >> its at one of these meetings where he rescues a young arapaho indian from an attack. her name was singing grass and the two were eventually married. >> this was the happiest time of his life. he learned their ways, he learned their language. he had found where he wanted to be. >> christopher "kit" carson is born into a world of western migration. on christmas eve 1809, the same year as abraham ...

Carson capture [ inaudible ]. carson travels to washington to deliver the good news to president polk, a trip that include as special stop. carson is a newlywed, marrying josefa jaramillo in between expeditions. hes seen her only a few months in between. but just as he is nearing home, duty redirects his path. >> leading first united states over land from santa fe that helped finish the conquest of california. >> were going back to the west coast. >> he ordered me to join him as his guide. belie...

That type of an attitude towards this. >> i want you over here. >> instead of taking up arms ta with the navajo, carson attempts to starve them out. >> carson realized that he could not fight the navajo in conventional terms. instead he had to fight their land. he essentially had to destroy every cornfield, kill every horse, every sheep, every cow, and he had to perform the scorched earth campaign. this was the only way he realized he could bring the navajo nation to their feet. >> the merciless...