The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-14
A GRANDSON OF DANIEL BOONE.
interesting Facts in the Boon.
Fhmi!y History.

am citizen of 81. Louis, Mo, so
lJOurnIng tor few weeks i'm Fostoria
letter received from a Missouri Isdy
leads me to furnish this communication
Tor the Democrat:
DANIEL BOONE IN KENTUCKY AMI
| MISSOURI.
Every reading person knows some.
lhIhg of Daniel Boone, who built
n""hesnoro, the first fort in kentuck,
was note! Indian fighter; was sew.
cial 'n"h'ns prisoner among the In
ui"iiS III Ohio, but escaped and reached
| """Hesporo III time TO save it from
| capture Dy large force of Ohio In.
dians.
Daniel Boone emigrated to Missouri
~ l'92, when II was part of the King
doh OF Spain, built cabin in what j.
now 81 Charles county, and becam,
comman'lant OF the Femme Usage dis
trIc', sort of squire over the few
American residents there.
NATHAN BOONE AN EXPLORER.
Ills Youthful son, Nathan, with hi.
seventeen year old wife from the region
oi Lexington, Kentucky, soon ioine,,
his parents and found a home in thai,
humble cabin. Nathan Boone like his fa
ther was mighty hunter and exnlorci
and ranged with his father exlensivel,
over the wild woods and prairie nIair,
OF New Spain" He often made long
excursions alone, going north as far IA
IOWA. west 10 Kansas, and south tt
Arkahsas. "a Once, in west Missouri
Na'ii"n fell into the hands of "Wbi,,
Gap Usage Indians. who stripped him
s'cd HIM 10 tree and whipped hin
win switches until his back WA,
Scared and bloody,and t.is person bore
me marks o! his scourging all througi
me. Ills garments, gun, knife an,
'ohlahawk were contiscated, and he
was turned loose i'm mid winter TO car,
Tor himself. He would have frozen {,
dea'h but for refuge he found in IN,
wigwam ola "GOod Samaritan" savae,
VINO cared for him until he was able T.
travel and then gave him a blanket
ana In that garb he reached his home
Nathan soon after entered, with his |
VILE, neighhoring abandoned cabin
cohLmenced opening a farm near hi.
Iather's tract, and became a prosperous
farmer.
BECOMES A SOLDIER
In the war of 1872, he became n can.
tam OF Missouri volunteers, to ouard
against the Indians in that territory /
His experience as soldier inspireG
nm with desire for military lie ami
he was for thirty-nine years United
States army officer. He attained III,
rank OF lieutenant colonel of cavalry
anu win ms troops, ranged over tn,
piaills oi hahsas and Nebraska, look
fr.t
was commandant at one time at ForI
9cot'' and at another time at For
i'll Kansas. His family
maze their home on the farm i'm 81
charles county, Mo-, where he built fo,
mem substantial two story stone
mansion. He occasionally visited them
ma sometimes his wife and other mem.
'ers OF the family visited him-boa,s
N the Missouri river affording trans
'ortatlon to Fort Leavenworth.
Ihe family were prosperous, but b,
'ss9Mihg sHRfREltH tpf ntE ntEifRdi fRRdliry III t tt
wilderness of southwest Missouri, in
ne country in which the city of Spring
eld is located, where he had lived
aw years as retired officer and where
e and his wife died prior to 1860.
KEFERED THE OLD CABIN,
Nathan Boone revered the cabin Of |
Is father in The wilderness, tore il r
own and reconstructed it in the rear [
I his stone mansion as play house
)r his children. 1t is yet standing and
the oldest American building west OF
nc Mississippi river, but it is now used
'r the ignoble purpose of pig pen by
German family. C
EATH AND BURIAL OF DANIEL BOONE.
Daniel Boone died in front room
Natban's house in 1920 He and his }
'lle were buried few miles awav,
de by side, but in 1S45 their remains ,
ere removed TO Frankfort, Ky., b, !
rder OF the Legislature of the state,
id were re-lDterred with great cere-
lohy IN the state cemetery, when |, !
outh OF 2l, had the honor of casting !
novel of dirt into their grave.
DANIELS CANE.
The Nathan Boone mansion became
le home of Mr.. Johnson, who reared a
mily there. They fall heirs to some il
,lics of Daniel Boone, one of which 8
as his cane with cnriously wrought o
aad, which served as place of repose g
II The Old mans forehead, while hi. 0
inds grasped it from below, and thus q
would sit with bowed head for Il
)urs Induleing in memories of the n
rilling incidents in his eventful life, L
1t unminglcd with some feeling of 8 h
nse OF wrong, suffered by him in the L
SIS OF lands rightiully his, bui
renched from him through legal tech
calities by remorseless land sharks
Kentucky.
One of Mr.. Johnson's daughters was IL
'rn III the Boone mansion; there she d,
as reared, was daily in the room lii
here the old pioneer dieu and used | II
e spanish cabin for play house. d
'tely her father died, more thsD pI
ncty years old, and she inherited the al
ne OF Daniel Boone, which | have s.
EN- in her home, and sought to pro D,
re Tor The Cincinnati centennial expo- Il
ion, but failed by reason OF her alb W
uce in another state. cs
A SYMPATHETIC LETTER. In
The following letter was written TO nI
2 by her, was sent TO ST. Louis and | y
ence forwarded TO me: Oh
'. CHARLES Co, Mo, OCT. 27, SO. vi
Rev. j. w. .Cunningham:- Dear Sir: 10
oldest son is travelling salesman a. a.
r Atkire IL Co., in ST. Louis He III
metimes meets Col. John Boone. W
40, l suppose, is the only living u
ahdson of Daniel Boone, and who | TO
member as frequent visitor at m, ,n
hers house when | was child. He VI
a well educated man and has been ptt
'aithy but is now living in Arkansas. Vi
ar Sulphur Springs, in extreme pow III
y, and Is Incapable, on account of u!
and sickness, of making q support. III
nave decided, without consulting nv w
\, or any one, TO lay the case before VI
II. hoping that as yOu are Ken oe
khan and revere the name of Boone, IN IN
II will interest yourself To relieve his ol
sesslIies aud make his old age com I'd
table 1t you can help him, do so
ihnut delay. Ills post Office is
lphur Springs, Ark. Please do not
utIon my name. Respectfully,
Mis-
WHO WILL. HELP! pa
should like for this letter TO reach
lumber of papers in Missouri, Ken ~, 1?
Ky and southern Ohio. But | have 'ii'
time To write to all. | therefore .,
re deemed it proper TO couple the So
er with the historic facts | have 'o
scnted i'll thls communication and
nish il TO the Fostoria Democrat
h the request that marked copies of
paper he sent to such Journals as |