This beaded hide pouch or pipe bag was associated with western scout and military agent Kit Carson. The year 1855 and words Taos and Kit Carson are written in ink on the inside tabs of the pouch’s opening. The beadwork is identified as Jicarilla Apache in origin. Carson was active in the Anglo community of Taos, in both Mexico and New Mexico Territory, from the late 1820s through the early 1860s. Christopher “Kit” Houston Carson (1809–68) was active in the Anglo community of Taos, in both Mexico and New Mexico Territory, from the late 1820s through the early 1860s. Carson was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer who became a frontier legend in his own lifetime through biographies and news articles.