The sun., 1892-12-13
4 "REMINISCENCES OF DANIEL BOONE.
Kentucky Court Records show that He was
Indicted for Fighting In 17O7.

Kentucky Court Records show thnt He was
Indicted for Fighting In 17D7.
LOUISVILLE. Dec. 1O.-In overhauin9 the
dusty records OF tho Warren county court the
| other day. the clerk ran across an historical
curiosity. In the records for the second court
for the county. the Court of Quarter Sessions.
held in June. 17o7 was the indictment Of
Daniel Boone. This wa- tho great Indian
fighter and the records show that he was
guilty Of" lighting the first Tuesday in April.
1897. ut the place appointed for holding
courts"
This was the day on which the FIRST Quarter
Sessions Court was held. The man with whom
he had the fight is named in the Indictment AS
Andrew McFaddn. McFaddin probably lived
in the county. and there is a family OF McFad-
dns there now but Boone then resided at
Boone sborough. eighteen miles from LeXing-
ton. lie had probably came down there on a
hunting expedition. and in attending court
got into the trouble with McFaddin.
The fight was evidently not serious one.
probably not being more than lsticulf. but
that was law abiding community. and they
knew too many Indian fighters to respect Gea.
Boone. backwoodsman OF Kentucky" as
Byron terms him. A warrant was issued for
his arrest and signed by William Chapline.
lhapline, was Clerk OF tho Quarter Sessions
Court. lie was neat penman. and his records
OF nincty-'lvn years ago are nearly as legihle
now ~ when they first left his gray goose quill.
The man to whom tho warrant WAS issued for
the arrest of iioone returned it endorsed. The
within Daniel Boone not found in my haili-
wirk. and another record shows that the in
Roone left kentucky. in 1903. which per-
hap5 accounts for the failure to find him in
"the tailiwirk." 1t is n tradition that before
he e't he went down to western kentucky.
His name is rudely carved on beach tree on
the north side OF Barren River. thrco miles
IRON bowling Green: and has. heen there
longer than the earliest inhab bitapt can re-
meinl,er. There were other hunters IN that
section. too. and they came ahead Of Daniel
Boone, for they, carved their names on
has thirteen names cut OH the north
side. The hishest mark is nine feet
They stand in the following o:der. hcginning
with the uppermost and descendiD.. to the
lowest: j. Newell. r. BuIger. |. llite. " Har-
mon. J. Jack man. ". Buchannon, a. bowman.
Tho. ; laughter. and j. Todd. The date is
thus given: "l715, June the H." The MP
date. About five steps south of this, tree. and
near tho edge Of the river bank, stands II beech
marked on the north side with the name OF
William l5uchannon and dated June II.
l7I5. On the south side OF the same tree is
the name OF ]. Todd dated June II. l775.
another, beech with the names Of ]. Drake and
Isaac Hite engraved and tho date. " l5 june.
l715." Above the names Is the date. "1une -.
l77J" The names and dates on this tree mp
pear to have been cut with d different instru-
ment from that Of the others The dates show
tha. the, party was encamped hero about ten
DAYS at least.
The story OF Bolnes Indictment for lghting
has meyer been printed in any OF the histories
OF his life