Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09
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| warn kentucky the world might never
nave heard OF Daniel Boone.
About eight miles from where povy
Us the city Of Reading. Pa. Boone was
born on Nov 2. 1884 His parents ver,
Quakers. His father was a weaver ana
| blacksmith. The boy. too became a
weaver and blacksmith. but from
chlIdhood DE was hunter. He loved
ul, WOODS and solitude. He knew
I animals and their habits like "a natural.
ISL Before he was able 10 handle
/ gun ne was so expert In throwing u
sap ing which he had fashioned into "A
sort OF iavelin that he could kin birds
OF ehiall animals with ease
HIS FIRST GUN.
When he was u years old he got his
hrst gun Thereafter he spent most IN
his time In the woods. Tpon him the
FAMILY relied for their meat suppIv.
ana the beaver. deer and other sktne
ne sent 10 Philadelphia heIpcd ma.
ltHallN toward the support of his IA
TIERS big household The wife III one
vI ms older brothers taught him the
three RS. His spelling was weird. but
ne wrote a good hand. and i'm the
backWoods, where book learning was
az discount, he was considered a
scholar he learned enough about sur
Netihg 20 pass muster i'm that branch
Of activity. Before he was fully grown
nnnpT of
lne Aadkin river, In North Carolina
l.hat was great journey In those davs
the distance being 500 miles. He found
more profit iu the woods than in tiline,
the soil. and for months at time he
was away hunting beaver. otter. bear
deer wolves and wildcats. CARRIED i'm
hunting shirt Of dccrskin. with leRgins
and moccasins Of the same material,
and with powder horn. bullet poucb
scdlplng knife and tomahawk. the world
AFFORDED him plenty The bare ground
or the bushes furnished him "a bed
ana the sky was his canopy. His skill
with a gun or I'm throwing a tomaha,yk
had enough 20 satisfy.
Inc thorokecs, outraged at the en-
croachments Of the whites and eucour-
aged by tho French. who deemed the
English as intrudcrs into lands they had
discovered, made Intermittent raids on |
the settlers The Indian, cruel, blood |
thirsty and no respoctor OF age or sex.
fought Ike a savage and the whites ]
ct the border country fought the same ,
way The scalping knife was used not ,
alone by the Indian. In the Yadkin |
valley Indian sCarcs were numerous |
and at times the settlers combined and |
carried the war into the Indian coun- /
try destroying the villages and crops /
OF their enemies and paying off old /
scores. Boone was "a leader in all /
these expeditions. He served too. in /
Lytteton's campaign against the /
Cherokeos which ultimately brought /
short peace. But when Indian raids /
stopped in the Nadkiu country "a new /
trouble developed Tor Boone Settlers /
came Ia such numbers that game be- I
came scarce. Boone needed a wide /
range. Neighbors he did not fancy !
unless they We're four-fOoted ones. He /
a..
autumn OF 1861 hc ana a few Compan- /
ions crossed the mountains and hunted |
In the valleys OF the HOlston, the /
ClinCh ana the big Sandy. They spent !
"a year on this hunt and had a great |
store OF skins when their camp was |
surrounded by band OF Shawnees and /
the hunters captured. The Indians !
took their years accumulation of skins /
and then released the prisoners
Boone and one companion. curaEcu /
at the loss. followed the Indians for /
two days and then, az night, managed I
to seize five horses of the Indians. Ia /
turn they were pursued by the Indians, |
recaptured and held captive for a week |
Then they We're released BOOues |
companion returned To the Yadllin, but |
Boone remained In Kentucky For a |
year he was alone. He had neither |
horse nor dog, and was without bread, /
salt or sugar lie changed his station
frequently Sometimes he had a rude !
shelter of bark OF made his home m /
90 cave, but generally hc slept In the
thicket I'm his wandcrings he reached |
the falls of the Onto. where the city of
Louisville now is situated.
PENNSYLVANIA
When Boone returned to civilization
he learned of the signing OF the Fort
Stanwix treaty. There was lot Of
land excitement in Virginia and North
Carolina. Western settlement hlled
the minds Of many people. He was
content for several years 10 go each
year for a long hunting trip 10 Ken
tHcSy. but in 1913 ne organized large
expedition TO establish settlement
In Clinch valley While the settlers
were on the road war party of
Shawnecs killed Ave OF the members.
Among those slain was Boone's eldest
son James This tragedy 20 affected
the members Of the expedition that an
returned 60 Virginia or North Carolina /
except Boone and his family. He Went
on 10 Clinch river and built a rudo
home. The following spring the whole
OF Virginia was atlamc with
war.
The shawnees and Mingos wrought
up To high pitch OF excitement by
atrocities committed by frontier rum
ans, began the conflict which generally
Is known as Lord Dunmores war. Nari-
Gus bands Of surveyors and land site
locators had yentured far into Ken
lucky TO notify them Of their dan
ger and guide them back TO the settle |