...tavern at Monterey, and I hurried to hunt him up. I cannot express my surprise at beholding a email, stoop-shouldered man, with reddish hair, freckled...but little, and answered questions in monosyllables. I asked for his mail, and he picked up his light saddle-bags containing the great overland mail, and...

...the plains. At last his arrival was reported at the tavern at Monterey, and I hurriqd to hunt him up. I cannot express my surprise at beholding a small,...soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary daring or courage. He spoke but little and answered in monosyllables. I asked for his mail, and he...

...the plains. At last his arrival was reported at the tavern at Monterey, and I hurried to hunt him up. I cannot express my surprise at beholding a small,...soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary daring or courage. He spoke but little and answered in monosyllables. I asked for his mail, and he...

...the Plains. At last his arrival was reported at the tavern of Monterey, and I hurried to hunt him up. I cannot express my surprise at beholding a small,...freckled face, soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate courage or daring. He spoke but little, and answered questions in monosyllables.—Memoirs of Gen....

...Sherman who saw Carson in 1848 in the company of Beale describes the celebrated scout as follows: He was a small, stoop-shouldered man with reddish hair, freckled...but little and answered questions in monosyllables. He spent some days in Monterey during which time we extracted some items of his personal history. In...

...described their surprise and disappointment on first seeing him. William Tecumseh Sherman described him as "a small stoop-shouldered man, with reddish hair,...eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary courage or daring."56 He was long in the body and short in the legs, which helps to account for Fremont's great...

...surprised at the unprepossessing appearance of Carson, whose fame by this time was considerable. He wrote, "I cannot express my surprise at beholding...stoop-shouldered man with reddish hair, freckled face and soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary courage or daring. He spoke but little and...

...the Plains. At last his arrival was reported at the tavern at Monterey, and I hurried to hunt him up. I cannot express my surprise at beholding a small,...but little, and answered questions in monosyllables. I asked for his mail, and he picked up his light saddle-bags containing the great overland mail, and...

...man whose voice "was as soft and gentle as a woman's." William Tecumseh Sherman was surprised to find "a small, stoop-shouldered man, with reddish hair,...freckled face, soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate . . . courage and daring." he had left months earlier. Colonel Richard B. Mason was the new territorial...