Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ht, and had raised more hairj- fromheads of redskins than any two men in the westerncountry; and yet thirty winters had scarcely planteda line or furrow on his clean-shaven face. No name,however, was better known in the mountains, fromYellow Stone to Spanish Peaks, from Missouri toColumbia River; than that of Kit Carson, ^raised inBoonlick county of Missouri state, and a credit to thediggins
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ht, and had raised more hairj- fromheads of redskins than any two men in the westerncountry; and yet thirty winters had scarcely planteda line or furrow on his clean-shaven face. No name,however, was better known in the mountains, fromYellow Stone to Spanish Peaks, from Missouri toColumbia River; than that of Kit Carson, ^raised inBoonlick county of Missouri state, and a credit to thediggins that gave him birth. * Since the time of which we speak, Kit Carson has distinguishedhimself in guiding the several United States exploring expeditionsunder Fremont, across the Rocky Mountains, and to all parts ofOregon and California; and for his services, the President of theUnited States presented the gallant mountaineer with the commissionof lieutenant in a newly raised regiment of mounted riflemen, ofwhich his old leader, Fremont is appointed colonel. -fTo raise Jiair/ is the expression used by the trappers andhunters in the western country for scalping. BATTLES OF AMERICANS WITH INDIANS. 159. On the 29th of May, 1847, Major Edmonson, withone hundred and seventy-five men, was attacked byfour hundred Mexicans and Apache Indians, at theRed River canon. The Americans laboured undermuch disadvantage, having dismounted for the pur-pose of crossing a deep miry morass, in which thehorses sunk to the middle. In this situation theyfought a host of savages for two hours, dealing de-struction through their ranks, and endeavouring to 160 THRILLING ADVENTURES. bring their horses together for a charge. In the lat-ter they failed, and, in order to prevent an entireslaughter of the animals, the major ordered a Lieutenant Elliott, with twenty-sevenrangers, posted himself in full view of the Indians,and by daring manoeuvering, united with greatbravery, succeeded in coveri
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