Kit Carson

That fall he married Jessie Benton, gaining her father as protector. Frémont was sent to explore the Wind River chain of the Rockies in 1842 and to record scientific exploration of the Oregon Trail. He hired Kit Carson as guide, he followed the trail through South Pass. John’s recordings were filled with great adventures and also contained a very detailed map of the area. Frémont was starting to become famous. Everybody who knew what he had done referred to him…

snack. Gather into the fort (even if it is a squeeze!) and watch a movie that inspires kids to dream STEM dreams. Find the film on Apollo XIII and talk about life as an astronaut. Look up a movie on Einstein or a famous astronomer or the story of Ben Carson and dream what it would be like to be a mathematician or surgeon. Use the solitude of a blanket fort to read age-appropriate biographies of stars in the medical, science, technology, engineering or math fields. Part of the learning and…

is the briefing before the shipment of the troops. The gunnery sergeant acknowledges that the troops are going to the front to take away people’s homes, for the benefit of the U.S. armed forces. His speech echoes the position of the infamous Col. Kit Carson of the 1860’s, who believed that it was “right and honorable to kill the Indians with any means”, in order to gain for the…

Long walk of tears The Navajos were moved to Basque Redondo for several reasons, though the precipitating cause came as president Polk, wanted to expand America’s boundaries as a part of the Manifest destiny, an authorization from god to occupy North America, Canada, and South America. The manifest destiny saw the natives as inferior to the Christian beliefs of the settlers. In addition to seeing the natives as inferior, they were also seen as incapable of taking care of the land as they had…

Following his arrival to the American Southwest in 1862, brigadier general James Henry Carleton of the Union Army would oversee the process of destroying Native American powers throughout the Southwest until his reassignment in 1867. The process of destruction took many forms, and was itself simultaneously literal and figurative. In its final stage, this destruction took form as Bosque Redondo; a reservation planned as an experiment by Carleton to finalize the pacification of Native American…

The Navajo would often raid nearby towns and pueblos, stealing livestock and occasionally taking people, which led quickly to retribution (“Navajo History”). In 1848, the U.S. annexed the area from Mexico. In 1863, the U.S. army led by Colonel Kit Carson force the Navajo to migrate to Bosque Redondo, NM on what is called the “Long Walk” (“The Navajos Begin ‘Long Walk’ to Imprisonment”). During the 18 days it took to move, hundreds in the tribe die. Some people did manage to escape to Navajo…

We then hiked two miles to Carson Meadows campsite and set camp there since one of our crew members was not feeling well. Day 5: We hiked 7 miles to the Fish Camp to do fly fishing and then hiked next another 3.5 miles to Apache Springs. This was our first long and rigorous hike…

African American males start life off being at-risk just because of their race and gender. Carson (2014) discovered that in 2013 3% of all African American males were in prison and only 0.5% of all white males were in prison. At risk does not only translate to prison sentences but also a lack of education and a difficult time obtaining decent work. The lack of these resources is also likely to result in poverty. Toliver (2013) suggests that the lack of educational and work opportunities has…

with the latest massacres of Indians. In the silent film the natives were very popular characters. They were the main characters in most of the movies. No wonder these films were about clashes between settlers and Indians, but sometimes, as in Kit Carson, 1903, the story was about an Indian who saves a settler kidnapped by Indians. Or in The Call of the Wild, 1908, where an Indian in love with a white saves when the hijack other Indians, but then she rejects her love and he is riding sad and…

When Tim Cook took over Apple following Steve Jobs’ death, many wondered what kind of leader he would be. Cook was strong at executing on the operations of technology and design. He is willing to do things Jobs was against, such as making investors and employees happy with stock-buyback and charitable-giving programs. In November 2012, Apple donated $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to aid relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Tim Cook strongly believes in admitting when you are wrong.…