Kit Carson

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Indian agent United States Army officer explorer folk hero frontiersman human military scout trapper

Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kit Carson canonical 23
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson 4
Christopher Houston Carson 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian agent ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
folk hero ⓘ
frontiersman ⓘ
human ⓘ
military scout ⓘ
trapper ⓘ
burialPlace Taos, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
surface form: Taos, New Mexico
causeOfDeath abdominal aortic aneurysm ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Navajo Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1809-12-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1868-05-23 ⓘ
employer United States government ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American ⓘ
fullName Kit Carson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christopher Houston Carson
givenName Christopher ⓘ
hasMonument Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos, New Mexico ⓘ
Kit Carson Park, Taos, New Mexico ⓘ
knownFor campaigns against Native American tribes in the Southwest ⓘ
participation in the mapping of the American West ⓘ
role in westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
scouting and guiding in the American West ⓘ
service in the Mexican–American War ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Navajo (some knowledge) ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
nickname Kit Carson self-link ⓘ
notableWork guiding John C. Frémont’s expeditions ⓘ
occupation Indian agent ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
frontiersman ⓘ
guide ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
trapper ⓘ
placeOfBirth Madison County, Kentucky ⓘ
near Richmond, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic (later in life)
residence Bent’s Fort, Colorado ⓘ
Taos, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
surface form: Taos, New Mexico
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Josefa Jaramillo ⓘ
Making-Out-Road (Cheyenne wife) ⓘ
Waanibe (Arapaho wife) ⓘ
subjectOf biographical dime novels in the 19th century ⓘ
numerous biographies and histories of the American West ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carson Pass → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Carson City → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Carson River → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson → fullName → Kit Carson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Houston Carson
Kit Carson → nickname → Kit Carson self-link ⓘ
Apache Wars → notableCommander → Kit Carson ⓘ
Carson Range → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Fort Carson → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Fort Carson → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit Carson County, Colorado → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Navajo Wars → notableCommander → Kit Carson ⓘ
Waanibe (Arapaho wife) → spouse → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Waanibe
Waanibe (Arapaho wife) → notableRelation → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Waanibe
this entity surface form: frontiersman and scout Kit Carson
Making-Out-Road (Cheyenne wife) → spouse → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Making-Out-Road
Making-Out-Road (Cheyenne wife) → spouseName → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Making-Out-Road
this entity surface form: Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos, New Mexico → dedicatedTo → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Kit Carson Home and Museum
Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos, New Mexico → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
subject surface form: Kit Carson Home and Museum
Kit Carson Park, Taos, New Mexico → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson Park, Taos, New Mexico → hasGravesiteOf → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson Park, Taos, New Mexico → hasMonumentTo → Kit Carson ⓘ
Josefa Jaramillo → spouse → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson County → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson County → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit → hasNotableBearer → Kit Carson ⓘ
Battle of San Pasqual → commander → Kit Carson ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Fur Company → employed → Kit Carson ⓘ
Carson National Forest → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ
Kit Carson Home and Museum → significantPerson → Kit Carson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit Carson Home and Museum → namedAfter → Kit Carson ⓘ