He quarreled with Robert Stockton and had John C. Fremont arrested after establishing himself as governor and commander-in-chief of California.
This man, who was given the Indian name "Horse Chief of the Long Knives," fought alongside Captain Archibald Gillespie against Andres Pico at the Battle of San Pasquale. Named commander of the Army of the West by President Polk, he promulgated a famous "code" stabilizing conditions in New Mexico and granting equal citizenship to Californios. He quarreled with Robert Stockton and had John C. Fremont arrested after establishing himself as governor and commander-in-chief of California. FTP, name this cavalry commander of the Mexican War, an uncle of the Civil War general Philip and the namesake of two forts in Nebraska.
This man, who was given the Indian name "Horse Chief of the Long Knives," fought alongside Captain Archibald Gillespie against Andres Pico at the Battle of San Pasquale.
Stephen Watts Kearny