History and government of New Mexico . a French Canadian, went toTaos and a few years later married into a prominent Spanishfamily. Ceran St. Vrain and Charles Bent, trading partners,early became identified with New Mexico and went intobusiness at Taos in 1832. Bent married Maria IgnaciaJaramillo (eg-na/sya ha-ra-meyo), of Taos, and thus be-came brother-in-law to Kit Carson. 133. Kit Carson. — But of all American pioneers inNew Mexico Kit (Christopher) Carson stands first. Born r - - , in Kentucky of the dogged fron-tier stock thathad come downfrom the NorthCarolina and Vir-ginia mountainsand
History and government of New Mexico . a French Canadian, went toTaos and a few years later married into a prominent Spanishfamily. Ceran St. Vrain and Charles Bent, trading partners,early became identified with New Mexico and went intobusiness at Taos in 1832. Bent married Maria IgnaciaJaramillo (eg-na/sya ha-ra-meyo), of Taos, and thus be-came brother-in-law to Kit Carson. 133. Kit Carson. — But of all American pioneers inNew Mexico Kit (Christopher) Carson stands first. Born r - - , in Kentucky of the dogged fron-tier stock thathad come downfrom the NorthCarolina and Vir-ginia mountainsand conqueredthat wilderness,he moved to Mis-souri in childhoodand as a ladof seventeen ranaway and cameto New Mexicowith St. Vrains caravan of traders and trappers in 1826(sec. 125). He too went to Taos and there soon marriedJosefa (ho-safa) Jaramillo, a member of a well-to-doSpanish family of Taos. Born in the wilds of the UnitedStates, he loved still more the wilder regions of northernMexico. He hunted and trapped all over the Rocky. Courtesy of R. E. TuUchell The Grave of Kit Carson at Taos THE MEXICAN PERIOD III Mountains from Montana to Chihuahua and in the fortiespiloted the western expeditions of John C. , not Fremont, was the Great Pathfinder — politi-cians and publicity agents to the contrary he probably had a wider influence in his time than anyother man who ever came into the State. The whole American pioneer element that actuallysettled down in New Mexico before the American Occupa-tion in 1846 amounted to but a few dozen. Yet theygained wide influence because of their social and businessconnections with leading Spanish families. 134. Opposition to Foreigners Reappears. — Populargovernment in the Mexican Republic was losing rulers seeking despotic power felt jealous ofthe influence of foreigners, especially Americans. Thispolitical attitude was gradually communicated to theofficials in New Mexico. And when those
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