Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-08-27
is IT BOONE
OR is IT NOYY
MORE ON THE CHARGES THAT
THE MEN WHO WERE SENT
TO ExHUME DAN'I BooNE's
BODY, WE'RE DIRECTED
TO WRONG GRAVE
History States Great Fighter Died
at Deer Lick with Gun In His
Hands watching for Deer
Funeral in Large Barn.

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All great men are forced TO suiier
and their names be taken In vain even
after death. There is yet more or less
conjecture concerning the person who
struck Billy Patterson; John Doe con-
tlnues to be dragged into the police
court daily on. q thousand different
charges, and now Daniel Boone's
crumbling bones are henratively dis
entombed to settle a foolish contro-
versy.
The following dispatch from Mont
gomery City, Mo-, tells more Of the
story than q short article 10 last
weeks Ledger detailed:
The Rev. r.. e. McQuie, OF this
city, was seen today regarding the re-
port coming from him to the effect
that Daniel Boone's body was still In
Missouri and was not moved to Ken
lucky by the delegation that came
after 1t IN lS45.
The minister said: "0f course,
there is no way to prove 1t now, as all
the men who absolutely knew the
facts are dead, but, as | stated In the
article published, the conclusions OF
the delegation headed by myself who
visited Boone's grave In Bryan Gene
terry, in Warren county, we're that a
mistake bad been made and the
wrong body was taken back to Ken
lucky and inferred at Frankfort. We
gathered all Authorization possible re-
garding his body and his burying
place.
tThe delegation who came from
that state to remove the body, being
strangers, and there being no tomb
stones to mark the graves in that old
cemetery, made the grievous error OF
taking back to the native state the
dust and bones of a stranger who was
buried near the grave Of Mrs. Boone y
Rev. McQuie states that the mistake,
no doubt, grew out Of the fact that
Daniel Boone and his wife were not
buried side by side, as those who came
to remove the bodies naturally *
pected and were so informed.
INSCRIPTION ON HEADsToNE.
This latter-day committee found at
the grave an old, rugged stone, par
TALLY buried In the earth, with the
following verse inscribed thereon,
which, 1t is stated, was carved by
Boone himself with the old knife that
be SO often used 10 dressing game he
killed In the then "wild and woolly"
West. IL reads as follows;
Remember me as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was l,
AS l am now, so you will be;
Prepare for death, and follow me.
1t was in the summer uf ls45 that
the deputatiOn, consisting OF John j.
Orittenden, William Boone and a Mr..
Swaggat, came TO Missouri on the
steamer Daniel Boone for the purpose
of exhumlng the body OF Boone and
conveying IL back to Kentucky. 1t is
said that they found the grave stu
ated on the land belonging to Harvey
Griswold, who at first objected to the
removal, as he intended TO build a
monument and otherwise beautifY the
place. Other friends conceded with
Griswold and supported him in his
objection. They claimed that Mis-.
souri, had as much right to the re-
mains as Kentucky, especially as the
old pioneer had selected the location
OF his grave and had given such par
ticular instructions as to bis burial
therein. 1t is also stated that Boone
had not only selected this place in
Missouri as his burial ground, but
that he had m-de his own coffin. In
fact he had made TWO collins for him.
self, but the first one he made be gave
to a stranger who died in that COM
munity. He kept his coffin under bis
bed three years and would draw it out
and lie down In 1t TO see how 1t fit.
HOW DANIEL BOONE DIED
Respecting a question as to how and
where Boone died, we are told that be
had a serious attack of fever In the
summer Of 1920 just about ninety-two
years ago, at the home of Flanders
Galloway. He recovered sufficiently
to make a visit to the house OF his
son, Nathaniel Boone, on Femme o.
sage Creek. The children heard Of
bis sickness and we're DESTROYS TO see
the old man again 1t Is said he re-
cuperated somewhat and spent a few
happy days in the society Of bis chill
dren and relatives. One day a fine
dish Of sweet potatoes, a dish of which
be was very fond, was prepared for
him. He ate heartily and o after
had an attack OF which he never re.
COVERED. After three days illness, be
expired on the 10Th day OF September,
1920, being 80 years OF age.
IL Is said that he had no fear of
death, although he had never made
any profession Of religion or united
9ith any church. In a letter to his
sister, written shortly before his
death, be said be had always tried to
live an honest and ~consecrated life,
ana was perfectly willing to surrender
bis soul to the discretion Of his God.
He passed away 10 the front room OF
bis house, on the first floor to the
right OF the hall as you enter the
building. 1t has been stated In his
tory that be died at Deer Lick with
bis gun In bis hands watching for a
deer. After the old settler passed
away be was placed In the coffin made
by his own hands and taken to the
Galloway home. The news OF his
death spread rapidly, and a vast con-
course Of friends collected on the day
Of his funeral to pay the last tribute
of respect to the old pioneer. His fun
eral was preached by Rev. James
Craig, a son-in-law of Nathaniel