Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-10-05

NOTES ON KEvrUcKY-srcrros ?.
Frem tas Kenlueky Oasetis.

Iol Spain than that made by FIDlay
did 10 the people Of Carolina, in the
vicinity Of bis residence, Of the dis.
coveries he had made in Ohio.
In consequence of the information
given by Finlay, Col Daniel Boone,
IN company with John Flnlay, John
Stewart, Joseph Holden, James Mo
may and William Coole, set ont from
his residence on the Yadkin river, in
North Carolina, on the lst day Of
Iay, 1869, under The direction Of
Finlsy as their guide, and, >stecred
Westwardly. After a long and ia
tiguing march over mountainous
and painless wilderness, they, on the
9Th day OF June following, arrived on.
Red river, at place Recognized By
Finlay, where he had formerly been
whilst trading with the Indians
Here. from the top of an cminence,
they first obtained distant view ofthe
beautiful level Of Kentucky.
A! this place they erected what they
called their station camp, and, from
thence, made excursions, either for
the purpose Of hunting or exploring
THE country, and where they agreed
TO rendezvous. in case of being at any
ItIme separated Fl IN each other.
On the god OF December following,
whilst Boone and $ ewart were ira
versiDg The forest, near kentucky ri
yer, late in the evening, they were
surprised by party of Indians, who
rushing out Of thick cane brake, made
them both prisoners. They continued
in The possession OF TIE Indians until
the seventh night, when, in the dead
ofnight, whilst the Indians were sound
asleep, they effected their escape, and
retrrncd pthe camp, which they found
plundceed, and ali lhcis companions
gone. ~
AT this i1auspicious moment, Squire
Boone, (brother of Col. Daniel Roone)
with one other, who had penetrated
into this UNEMPLOYED region 10 search
of bis brother, by mere accident ar
rived at this camp. This meeting,
Notwithstanding the untowardness of
the circumstances attending The parties,
was productive of mutual Joy.
A short time after The arrival of
Squire Boone at the station camp of
these adventurers, John Stewart was
killed and scalped by party OF In
dams, which so frightened the man
who accompanied Squire Boone That |
he Immediately set out on his return
to North Carolina, leaving the two
Boores without any other company.
At this camp Col Boone and his
brother erected hut, to protect them
from the inciemency of the approach
ing Winter, and where they continued |
until the succeeding Spring, during
which time no occurrence took place |
worthy of notice
On the ist day Of May, ITO, |
Squire Boone left his brother, and re.
turned home to Carolina for a supply of |
ammunition and horses, who, as the |
Summer approached, extended his ex
cursions, whereby he obtained an ex
tensivc knowledge of all the lands in
the country North of the Kentucky
river.
On the 9th day of July, I770,
Squire Boone returned with the neces-
sary supplies ofammunitlon and horses,
after which il was but short time be-
fore they set out homeward, examin-
ing the country as they proceeded to
Cumberland river, giving names to
the different rivers and creeks as they
passed, and in the month of March,
l771, arrived at their respective pla-
ces of residence in North Carolina.
Col Shelby in one of his notes,
says: "In MAY, 1879. i met Daniel
Boone below the Hoistein settlement,
alone; he informed me that he had
spent two years preceding that time in
a hunt on Louisa river, {now Ken.
tucky) so called by all the long hunt
Iers; that he had been robbed the day
before, by the Cherokee Indians, of
all the proceedings of his hunt"
The same year that Daniel Boone
first visited Kentucky. viz. in 1863,
Hancock Taylor, Richard Taylor,
Abraham HapdensaI, aud others,
from Orange county, Virginia, de
scended the Ohio river, visited its
shores, passed the Falls, and into the
Mississippi. At the mouth Of either
White river VI ArkaDza, Richard
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