The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-12
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CITY OF LANCASTER:
Thursday Morning, oct IL. Issa
Daniel Boon.

Thursday morning, Oct. AZ Aso4
Daniel Boon.
In his peaceful habiiation on the banks
cflhe Yadkin river, in North Carolina,
Daniel Boone, memorable as the pio-
neer, describe tract of land west of Vir-
Riuia, as the richest in North America or
in the world, la May, 1863, leaving his
wife and children, having Finley as his
pilot, and four others as his companions,
J the young man of about three -and-
twenty wandered forth through the
wilderness Of America, ''in quest Of the
country of Kentucky" known to the saw
ages as "the dark and bloody ground"
S'the middle ground between the subjects
Of the Five Nations and the Cherokees.-
After a alongand fatigueiDg journey through
mountain ranges, the party found them
selves, in June, on the Red river, tribu-
tary of the Kentucky, and from tho top Of
an eminence surveyed with delight the
beautiful plain that stretched To the north
west. Here they built their shelter, and
began 10 reconnoiter and to hunt. All
the kinds of wild beasts that were natural
to Ameriea-the stately elk, the timid
deer, the antlered stag, the wildcat, the
bear, the panther, and the wolf-couched
among the canes, or roamed over the rich
grass, which, even beneath the thickes
shades. sprung luxuriantly outof the gen.
erous soil. The bufaloes cropped fear
lcssly the herbage, or browsed ON the leaves
ofthe read, and were moro frequent thar
cattle in the settlement Of Carolina herds
men. Sometimes there were hundreds il
a drove, and round the salt licks their mum
bers were amazing.
The summer, in which for tho first time
party Of white men enjoyed the brlliancy
Of nature near and in the valley Of the Elk
horn, passed away in the occupations o
exploring parties and the chase. But on,
by one, Boone's companions dropped Of
ill he was left alone with John Stewart
They jointly found increasing delight il
the wonders Of the forest, till, one evening
near Kentucky river, they were takeI
prisoners by band OF Indians, wanderin!
like themselves. They escaped, and wer
Joined by Boone's brother; so that whei
Stewart was soon after killed by savages
tho first victim among the hecatombs O
white men slain by them in their desperat
battling for the lovely hunting ground
Boone still had his brother to share wit
him the dangers and the attractions Of th
wilderness, the building and occupying tn
first cottage in Kentucky.
In the spring Of 1910. that brother re
turned to the settlements for horses an
supplies of ammunition, leaving the re
nowned hunter "by himself, withou
bread, or salt, or even horse or dog
The idea of a beloved wife, anxious for hi
safety, tinged his thoughs with sadness
but otherwise the cheerful, meditative mar
:. careless Of wealth, knowing the use of tn
!. rifle, not the plow, of a strong. robust frame
In the vigorous health Of early manhood
ignorant Of books, but versed in the fores
and forest life, ever fond Of tracking th
deer on foot, away from men. yet in hi
disposition humane, generous and gentle
was happy in tho uninterrupted successio
of"sylvan pleasures.
.a Hshold unconscious intercourse with besuy
oldA creation.
~ One calm summer evening, ashe clmbe
! commanding ridge, and looked out W
on the remote venerable mountains, an
the nearer ample plains, caughta glimps'
in the distance, of tho Ohio. which bordere
the land ofhis affections with majestic granC
eur,his heart exulted in the regions be ha
discovered. All things were still Not
brseze so much as shook leaf He kindle
IRE neara fountain of sweet water, on
toasted on the loin Of buck He was !
more alone than bee among the flower
but communed familiarly with tho who
universe of life. Nature was his intimat
and as the rowing woodSman leaned col
fdingly upon her bosom. she responded
his intelligence.
For him tho rocks and the fountains, Il
leaf and the blade Of grass had life; Il
cooling air laden with the wild perfum
e came to him as friend; tho dowy NOR
ing wrapped him in It's embrace; the tre
stoodup gloriously around about him
80 many myriads OF companions. A
forms wore the character Of desire or pc
il. But how conld he bo afraid? II
umphing over danger, he knew no fear.-
The perpetual bowling of the wolves |
night round his cottage Of his biyouc
the brake was his diversion; and by di
he had joy in surveying tho various sp
cies of animals that surrounded him. /
lovod the solitude better than the tower,
city or the hum of business,
Near tho end Of July, ITO, his faithf
brother came back to meet him at the o
camp. Shortly after they procdeded T.
gether TO Cumberland river, giving nam,
3 TO the different waters; and hc Then return
ed to his wife and children, fixed in b
purpose, at the risk Of life and fortune,
bring them as soon rs possible to live
Kentucky, which he esteemed seoon
Paradise. --BaneroR
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