A Happy Warrior of the Old West Kit Carson biographer reexamines the frontier legend
The article reviews Stanley Vestal's Kit Carson biography, arguing earlier depictions inflated myth while presenting Carson as a practical, humane frontiersman. It traces his life from Kentucky to Missouri to Santa Fe, noting his marriages, travels, and complex character. Carson’s death at Fort Lyon is also recounted with a fitting eulogy.
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Hroughton Miflin Company
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University of Oklahoma
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America
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Owl Woman
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George Bird Grinnell
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Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
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Round Table
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Horace Greeley
Oregon Trail
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Missouri
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Bent St. Vrain
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Punishments of Ancient Offenders in a Splintered Text
Fragmentary chronicle details harsh penalties from fines to death. It lists mitem, vineum, verbera, and other penalties while noting public disgrace and exile. A later dialogue mocks the incapacity to answer questions, highlighting a debate on memory and public position.
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To Be Trusted Silence in Onevot Themes and Reasons
Fragmentary text references a continuing petition and a noted lodge, with a reference to Johnsets and Worthington correspondence. The readable lines suggest a historical discussion on trust, secrecy, and organizational petitioning within a lodge context, but details are unclear.
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Blue sky laws aim to regulate securities sales nationwide
Protecting investors though differing slightly in some states blue sky laws share core aims. They regulate stocks bonds and other securities but their reach extends to many investment ventures. The laws impose penalties for fraud in sale or negotiation and vest investigation powers in a designated official.
Congress Ends First Session in Furious Filibuster
An unruly adjournment marked the Seventieth Congress as Johnson and allies failed to force action on the Boulder dam bill amid a bitter filibuster by Ashurst Hayden and Blease. Key measures including naval construction and army education munition orders died, while others like tax relief and Muscle Shoals progressed or faced veto.
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