12) Carson, Kit. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Carson was ordered to Washington with dispatches. In New Mexico he met Gen. Stephen Kearny's troops, and Kearny commanded him to guide his forces to California. When...

13) Fremont, John Charles. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...authorities and set up (1846) the Bear Flag republic at Sonoma. The arrival of Stephen W. Kearny and Commodore Robert Stockton resulted in a quarrel, as both had...

14) Bent's Fort. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mexicans and the arriving Americans. Kit Carson was a hunter there from 1831 to 1842. S. W. Kearny and Sterling Price each briefly used the fort for their troops...

15) Fitzpatrick, Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...as guide to John C. Fremont on his second expedition and in 1846 was guide to Stephen W. Kearny on the march to Santa Fe. In Nov., 1846, he was appointed Indian agent...

16) Mexican War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he occupied after a five-day battle (Sept. 20-24, 1846). 6In June, 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny left Fort Leavenworth for New Mexico with some 1,600 men, including...

17) New Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mexican War marked the coming of the Anglo-American culture to New Mexico. Stephen W. Kearny entered (1846) Santa Fe without opposition, and two years later the Treaty...

18) California. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...but those in the south resisted U.S. martial law. In 1847, however, U.S. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny defeated the southern Californios. By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...