Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-12
SCHUYLER COLFAx.
Kit Carson.

Kit Carson. who died at Fort Lyon,
Colorado, on the esd inst, Of rupture
of an artery in the neck, was one of the
most noted of that intrepid race of noun
taineers, trappers, and guides that have
ever been the pioneers of civilization in
its advancement westward across the
western continent. The New York
Tribune says he was born in Madison
county, Kentucky, December "a, 1909,
and lille be was q mere infant, bis pa
rents emigrated to what is now Howard
co ,nty. Missouri, but what was then an
almost unbroken wilderness. At the age
of fifteen be was apprenticed to saddler,
with whom ne continued two years, after
which he joined hunting expedition and
thus commenced the pursuit be followed
during the remainder Of his life. For
eight years he was on the plsins leading
the adventurous life of trapper, which
he reliDquished only on receiving the APP
pointment Of hunter to Bent's Fort, where
he continued for eight years more. At
the expiration Of this time he paid short
visit to his family, and on bis return met.
for the first time, General. then Lieut.
John G. Fremont. by whom his expert
ence in the backwoods was at once appre,
ciated, and by whom, also, he was engag
cd as guide in his subsequent explorations.
In lS47, Carson was sent to Washington
as bearer Of dispatches, and when there
appointed Lieutenant in the Rifle Corps
of the United States Army. 10 1853 he
drove $500 sheep over the mountains to
California. a very hazardous undertaking
at that time, and, on his return to Laos.
was appointed Indian Agent in New
Mexico. Since this appointment he las
been largely instrumental in bringing
about the treaties between the United
States and the Indians, and on mission
of this kind he visited Washington few
weeks ago in company with deputaiion
of the red men, and made tour of sew
eral Of the N, rthern and Eastern cities.
A HEARTY ENDoRsEMKNT- This is
the way Cover, of the Grant County
Herald, endorses the National Union Re-
publican platform just made at Chicago:
The platform of the National Republi-
can party. adopted the other day at Chi
cago, is radical in every part. There is
nothing low or mean or selfish about it.
but all that is high and nobio. 1t makes
every man great wide democrat, a citi-
zen, and every tax payer voter. Ii ris
es to the dignity of recognising no color,
no birth land. 1t recognises all men as
equals before the law and before the
courts, and allows no masters-thus abol
ishing all ideas of superiority and infsri.
ority. of master End slave. through all
this wide aud democratic country.
1t is hardly a dozen years since demo-
cratic and wbig National conventions
were held for hardly any purpose but to
suppress all such ideas are contained in
the new radical Republican platform
made the. other day at Chicago. The
great idea for fifty years WAS how to per-
petuate castles in society-how to impov-
erish and keep in ignorance the poor
white masses and to chain up as dogs the
blacks and keep them for slaves.-Such
were the great ideas, yet they were held
in the background. and such small issues
as tariffs. banks, annexations, de-. beld up
to divide the people and betray them into
neglect of such questions Of deepest con-
Germ as liberty to those in bonds and
equal taxation and equal suffrage to the
toiling millions. Voting masses of Grant
county. forget the past and read the new
Republican platform. T.