Chapter VII · Chapter 7

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading The position which he accepted was that of Hunter to the Fort.

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

in addition

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the soft brown fur of the beaver

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

confined by bonds

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the time at which something is supposed to begin

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “company” — an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

past form of “disarm” — remove offensive capability from

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

being one more than seven

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

give expression to

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a person who keeps watch over something or someone

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

someone who hunts game

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

a case for containing a set of articles

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a university town in southeast Wyoming

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

joined in matrimony

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

past form of “massacre” — kill a large number of people indiscriminately

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “mexican” — a native or inhabitant of Mexico

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

past form of “perform” — carry out or perform an action

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading The position which he accepted was that of Hunter to the Fort.

plural of “proprietor” — (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

an established line of travel or access

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

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From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a boat propelled by a steam engine

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

one who lives through affliction

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

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From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

create by training and teaching

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

a source of difficulty

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

producing little or no profit or gain

From this reading Also, that his occupation as a trapper of beaver had become unprofitable.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

plural of “wagon” — any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It has already appeared that Kit Carson was now at Bent's Fort.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading His services were however immediately put into requisition by Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain, the proprietors of what was called Bent's Fort, which was a trading-post kept by those gentlemen.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.

a late time of life

From this reading Kit Carson is employed as Hunter to Bent's Fort--His Career for Eight Years--Messrs. Bent and St. Vrain--The commencement of his Acquaintance with John C. Fremont on a Steamboat--Is employed as a Guide by the Great Explorer--The Journey--Arrival at Fort Laramie--Indian Difficulties--The business of the Expedition completed--Return to Fort Laramie--Kit Carson goes to Taos and is married--He is employed as Hunter to a Train of Wagons bound for the States--Meeting with Captain Cook and four companies of U.S. Dragoons on Walnut Creek--Mexicans in Trouble--Kit Carson carries a Letter for them to Santa Fe--Indians on the Route--His safe Arrival--Amijos' advance Guard massacred by the Texians--The one Survivor--The Retreat--Kit Carson returns to Bent's Fort--His Adventures with the Utahs and narrow escape from Death--The Texians disarmed--The Express Ride performed.