Kit Carson
/ˌkɪt ˈkɑːsn/
/ˌkɪt ˈkɑːrsn/
- (1809-68) a US explorer, guide and army officer in the American Wild West. He was an Indian agent (= a government official dealing with native North Americans) in 1853 and was in the Union army during the Civil War. Carson City, Nevada, is named after him.
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