The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

? ro,<ine band of Seminole Indians.
they explored Florida all the way
from ST. Augustine to P~enSacola. a1lu
annear TO have had a rather wretched
tipao Of itn And the same author avs
that he purchased a house and lot IN
pensacola. but his wife refused, or
snurnod the idea of going where there
urec no game. SO the house and lot
were left to take care Of themselves.
Removed From Sugar Tree Settle
men1.
Two things tended to cause Boone
to leave this settlement: game was be-
coming scarcer and the lane agents
were wronging the people out of their
lust rights by flaws and technlcaIltleS
in land titles and insisting upon the
necessity Of obtaining new deeds. AT
this, our friend Boone entered a near
ty protest by leaving and going further
up the Yadkin, say DR.. Thwaites,
about sixty-five miles toward the
head; and says that his new cabin, a
primitive shell of logs, could still be
seen, a few years ago, at the foot or
a range Of hills, some seven and a half
miles above Wilkesboro, IN Wilkes
county. After a time, dissatisfied
with this location, he nloved tive miles
farther UP the river and about half a
mile up Beaver creek. Again he
changed his mind, choosing his final
home on the upper Yadkin. just above
the mouth Of Beaver. 1t was from
this beautiful region among the Allie
ghany foothills, where game and fish
were plentiful. and his swine and cat
tie had good range, that Boone,
crowded out by advancing civilization,
eventually moved TO Kentucky.
Going West.
We have not the space here to tell
about official positions filled in
Kentucky-in the Legislature of that
State-once in the Legislature Of Viz
ginia, besides various military posts or
honor in Kentucky, Virginia and Mis-
souri,.
He had many hair-breadth escape
from the Indians. We can scarcely
read his life without a feeling that he
was destined to do just he did
and therefore seemed immortal till his
York had been accomplished. We
have not space to tell Of the wonderful
things he did in Kentucky. except pos
sibly the most trying n exciting &C
casion in that State was he capture
by the Indians OF Jemin1a, daughter
OF Daniel Boone. fourteen years old,
and the two Galloway girls, Betsey and
Fanny, aged respectively sixteen and
fourteen. These, on the nth OF July,
1916, were out in u canoe and drffted
across the river hunting flowers, Inc
were kidnapped by the Indians and
carried away. This was late in the
evening. Early q pursuing party of
nine, composed OF Col, Boone, and
in pursuit. Finally they came upon
them. killed W OF the Indians, the
others ran and the girls were recOv-
cred unframed and brought homo in
safety. h sequel was that three OF
the young men who composed the
party to search for the girls, were
Flanders Galloway. Samuel Henderson
and Capt John Holder. Perhaps these
girls felt that young men who risked
50 mUch to rescue them from such
peril, would make good husbands, SO
Flanders Galloway married Jeminaa
Betsey and Capt. John Holder married
Fanny Galloway. A happy ending.
Daniel Boone lost his real estate in
Kentucky and in disgust went to Wiz
ginta and lived there awhile. Finally
he moved to what is now Missouri,
ceded him to the other world, she
having died in the fall OF 1879, and he
fell on sleep September c8, 1920, aged
eishty-Six years.
His was a wonderful career: unIet-
tered, knowing little OF public life, he
became aInous without being aware
OF it.
Mrs. Jennie G. Morton, in an able
article on Boone, said: Daniel Boone
has transcribed in fame every Amer
lean but Washington
One writer said that more than a
cozen Lives of Boone have been
written. Newspaper articles concern
ing Boone's Life and work are being
written continually.
The Kentucky State Historical So
ciety has much about Boone-relfcs,
papers, etc.
The Wisconsin,, State Library has
some OF the rarest books relating to
boone--papers and everything that
can be had for love or money. There
are 80 large folio volumes Of manr-
script concerning Daniel Boone. And
as time passes Boone is growing on
the American people The author Of
,nis article regrets that SO little could
pe said OF Boone's middle and later
li~fe-giving most Of the space ia uuha+
preceded this.
Crew HENRY SHEETS