Daniel Boone Settles Kentucky by Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone Settles Kentuckyby Daniel Boone (1. Boone wrote this account. Boonesborough. Kentucky. It was on the first of May, in the year. I resigned my domestic happiness for a time, and left. Yadkin River, in North. Carolina, to wander through the wilderness of America, in quest. Kentucky, in company with John Finley, John. Stewart, Joseph Holden, James Monay, and William Cool. ![]() Home: Welcome Home to N Carolina: Trailing Daniel Boone: DAR at Cumberland Gap - June 2015: Daniel Boone: On the Trail of Daniel Boone: Rebecca Boone's Story by Sue. ![]() ![]() We proceeded successfully, and after a. June following, we. CHESTERFIELD, MO (KTVI) -The Old Daniel Boone Bridge over the Missouri River met an explosive ending Thursday morning in Chesterfield. The blast took place. Daniel Boone Settles Kentucky by Daniel Boone, presented in The National Center for Public Policy Research's archive of Historical Documents. Amazon.com: Daniel Boone: The Complete Series: Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Dal McKennon, Ed Ames Fess Parker, Nathan Juran William Wiard, Aaron Rosenberg, David. Red River, where John Finley had formerly gone. Indians; and, from the top of an eminence, saw. Kentucky. We found everywhere abundance of wild. The buffalo were. I have seen cattle in the settlements, browsing. Sometimes. we saw hundreds in a drove, and the numbers about the salt springs. As we ascended the brow of a small hill. Kentucky River, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick. The time of our sorrow. They plundered us. During this time we showed no uneasiness. But. in the dead of night, as we lay in a thick cane- brake by a large. I touched my companion and gently woke. We improved this favorable opportunity. Soon after this my companion in captivity. John Stewart, was killed by the savages, and the man that came. We were then in a dangerous. One day I undertook a tour through the.
I met with in. this charming season expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought. I laid me down to sleep, and I awoke not until the sun had chased. I continued this tour, and in a few days explored. I returned again to my old camp, which. I did not confine my lodging. I believe, often visited my camp, but fortunately for me. In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger. How unhappy such a situation for a man! Tormented with. fear, which is vain if no danger comes. The prowling wolves diverted. In 1. 77. 2 I returned safe to my old home. I sold my farm on. Yadkin, and what goods we could not carry with us; and on. September, 1. 77. Kentucky, in company with. Powel's Valley. which is one hundred and fifty miles from the now settled parts. Kentucky. This promising beginning was soon overcast. October the. rear of our company was attacked by a number of Indians, who killed. Of these my eldest son was one that fell. Though we defended ourselves, and repulsed. Clench River. Within fifteen miles of where Boonsborough. Indians that killed. This was on the. twentieth of March, 1. Three days after we were fired upon again. Afterward we proceeded. Kentucky River without opposition; and on the first day. April began to erect the fort of Boonsborough at a salt lick. On the fourth. day the Indians killed one man. In a short time I proceeded to remove. Clench to this garrison, where we arrived safe. Kentucky River. On the twenty- fourth. December following we had one man killed and one wounded. Indians, who seemed determined to persecute us for erecting. On the fourteenth day of July, 1. Colonel Calaway's daughters and one of mine were taken prisoners. I immediately pursued the Indians, with only eight. The same day on which this attempt was. Indians divided themselves into different parties and. This was extremely distressing. The innocent husbandman was shot down while. Most of. the cattle around the stations were destroyed. They continued. their hostilities in this manner until the fifteenth of April. Boonsborough with a party of above one. Their loss. in this attack was not certainly known to us. On the fourth day of July following a. Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed. They besieged us forty- eight hours; during. The Indians had disposed their warriors. On the nineteenth day of this month Colonel. Logan's fort was besieged by a party of about two hundred Indians. During this dreadful siege they did a great deal of mischief. This campaign in some measure damped the. Indians, and made them sensible of our superiority. Their connections were dissolved, their armies scattered, and. In October following a party made an excursion. Crab Orchard, and one of them, who. The savage, perceiving their defenseless situation. The savages instantly. An old rusty. gun- barrel, without a lock, lay in a corner, which the mother. In the mean time the alarm spread through the neighborhood; the. Thus Providence, by the means of this negro, saved. From that time. until the happy return of peace between the United States and. Great Britain the Indians did us no mischief. To conclude, I can now say that I have. Indian who signed Colonel Henderson's. Taking me by the hand, at the delivery thereof, "Brother,". I believe you. will have much trouble in settling it." My footsteps have. I can truly subscribe. Two darling sons, and a brother, have I. Many dark and sleepless night. I been a companion for owls, separated from the cheerful. But now the scene is changed: peace crowns the sylvan shade.
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