The most explicit example is Byron, who included an extended tribute to Boone in his Don Juan, Canto the Eighth , 1824. The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. And sunlight's brightest rays. Flowers of the fairest dyes, Trees clothed in richest green, And brightly smiled the deep-blue skies, O'er this enchanting scene. Such was Kentucky then, With wild luxuriance blest, Where no invading hand had been The garden of the West.
Nothing can be wider from the fact.
These progenitors of the west were generally men of noble, square, erect forms, broad chests, clear, bright, truth-telling eyes, and of vigorous intellect. All this is not only a matter of historical record, but the natural order of things. The first settlers of America were originally a noble stock. These, their descendants, had been reared under circumstances every way calculated to give them manly beauty and noble forms. In this light, his naturalness is a result of Providence, a mythical analogue to Jefferson's yeoman.