Christopher “Kit” Carson (1809 - 1868) was a well-known frontiersman, mountain man, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. In May of 1846, Carson led an assault on a Klamath village on the shores of Klamath Lake. This became known as the Klamath Lake massacre. Collection contains a folder compiled by Laurence L. Shaw with photostat copies of letters and an interview with Kit Carson on the massacre of members of the Frémont Expedition in 1846.

Scrapbook compiled by Laurence L. Shaw for the Jones J→ Ranch at Paisley, Oregon, with excerpts from journals by: John Work, Oct. 1832, Capt. Charles Fremont, Dec. 1843, Joe Wasson, Sept. 1867, and maps. Donated by Laurence Shaw, with his notes.