American Experience

Season 20 Episode 8: Kit Carson

An illiterate mountain man, Kit Carson was fluent in Spanish and five Indian languages; he twice married Native American women, yet led a brutal war against the Navajo. When the West was a mystery to most Americans, Carson mastered it, and his expertise made him not only famous, but also sought after. Eventually, by helping to spur a migration that would change the West forever, he unwittingly became an agent in the destruction of the life he loved.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

37

Episodes:

396

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1988

IMDb:

6.5