The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-27

though badly spelled letter. When he was
about fourteen years old the family moved
to North Carolina, where they again 10
Gated in a Quaker settlement on the from
tier. Here Daniel met his fate in a pretty
Quaker girl, Rebecca Bryan, whom he sub
sequently married. They lived in North
Carolina several years after they were
married, Daniel managing a little farm
and hunting and trapping between times.
His long hunting trips carried him far
westward into and even across the noun
tains, and in 1863 he set out with a few
companions on a perilous journey of ex-
ploration in the interior. The story of his
military service. OF his wild adventures
and hair-breadth escapes. Of his fights
with Indians, of his capture and escape,
and of his exploits during the first settle
ment Of Kentucky makes a thrilling narra-
tive OF real life. On one occasion Boone
had gone for a supply Of salt to a place
called salt Licks," nearly 100 miles north
of the Boonesborough settlement. in
Kentucky, and was captured, with twenty
seven of his men, by a band Of more
than 100 Indian warriors led by two French
men. The captives were taken first to Old
Chillicothe, in the present State of Ohio,
and then to Detroit, where they were all
surrendered for a ransom, except Boone;
him they took back to Chillicothe, where
Black Fish. a renowned S~hawanese chief,
adopted him into HIS family under an i'm
posing but painful ceremonial. All his hair,
except a tuft three or four inches in
diameter on the crown of the head, was
plucked out; that tuft allowed to grow the
length Of the war lock- was dressed with
feathers and ribbons; an abiution in the
river was supposed to cleanse him from
the faint of white blood, and a coat of paint
on his face and a solemn charge from
Black Fish completed the rite. After a
prolonged and anxious residence among the
Indians, during which he was kindly treat
ed, Boone discovered that they intended
marching on Boonesborough, and resolved,
If possible, to escape and save his family
and friends at the settlement. Chased by
$50 Indians, he performed thai daring feat
in the forty-third year of his age and thus
simply records it: ION the 18th of June,
before sunrise, I departed in the most Sc
cret manner. and arrived at Boonesbor-
ough on the 2Oth. after a journey of 16O
miles, during which 1 had but one meal"
| At the fort ne learned that his wife and
CHlluIcHt QcSpdlIiuS VI ever SEEING nlm
again, had returned to North Carolina. The
Indians attacked the fort, but were re-
pulsed with loss, and retreated. Boone
then, in the autumn of IT'S, rejoined his
family in North Carolina, and two years
later brought them back to Kentucky. At
the Battle of the Blue Licks," in 17S2.
Boone's two sons fought at his side. One
/ of them was killed and the other severely
wounded. Many an Indian paid the PEN
atty for this. Kentucky was admitted to
the Union in 1871, and in the survey Of
the State Boone lost the title to his land.
In 1895 he removed to Missouri, then a
Spanish possession. and was granted 5000
acres of land. When the Louisiana Terri
tory was purchased by the United States
this land grant was pronounced invalid.
but Congress granted him $50 acres. The
charm of the hunters life chung to him
to the last and in his eighty-second year
he went on a hunting excursion to the
mouth of the Kansas river. He died in
1920 and in 1s45 his remains were removed
from Missouri for interment at Frankfort.
Ky. Daniel Boone came as near embodying
all the qualities of a typical frontiersman
| and pioneer as any man that has lived, and
the story of his life fills an interesting
page in American history. New York: d.
| Appleton & Co.