The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-02-24

that Il had been plundered and their
comrades disappeared.
About this time Squire Boone. with
one companion. desiring to know
something of the Kentucky explorer.
Travelled from North Carolina and
, came To Daniel Boone's camp In the
land OF cane. Stewart had been cap
tured by the Indians and scalped.
This introduction TO the dangers Of
Indian warefare alarmed the young
hunter who had come with Boone.
Life was dearer 10 him than adven-
ture. and he returned through the
wilderness alone to his North Caro-
lima home.
Squire and Daniel Boone thus lived
alone In the vast wilderness. After
five months Of hunting and trapping
Squire Boone returned to North Caro-
lima, leaving Daniel Boone alone amid
the perils and terrors OF the new
country. For ten months. without
bread. salt or sugar. or even a horse
or a dog. he lived alone in Kentucky,
and only the sublimest courage could
have maintained a man under such
circumstances.
In May, two months before the re-
turn of his brother, Daniel Boone
went down the hills bordering the
Ohio river for the first time, and
looked upon the beautiful stream. the
splendor and glory of which magnifi-
ed the attractions of this newly dis
covered country. For nine months
the brothers hunted and explored
Kentucky. and in March. III, they
returned to their North Carolina
home. Daniel Boone had now been
absent from home and family for
nearly two years. but he had seen
what he had long desired to behold.
II seemed 10 him the most attractive
and wonderful spot In all the world.
and so in l775. four years later. he
brought his wife and children and all
his belongings and settled at Boones-
borough. thus giving him the distine.
ton of being the first white settler
within the limits OF the common
wealth.
The stories OF Daniel Boone's won
dorful exploits as an Indian fighter,
and as a pioneer frontiersman are the
richest and most exciting of all that
pertain TO the history of this common
wealth His participation In the siege
of Boonesborough in l77s. his part in
the battle OF Blue Licks in 1852. his
removal to Missouri and his subse-
quent death there In 1920. and the re-
moval and retirement OF the remains
at Frankfort in September, lS45, are
| facts so well known as to need no
repetition here.
Boone's fame has become a part of
the worlds history, and the, story of
his adventures, his wonderful escapes.
| his knowledge of woodcraft, his splen-
did courage and heroic sacrifices,
have carried his name TO all parts OF
the civilized world. Those who had
never heard of Kentucky had heard
OF Daniel Boone, and In many quar-
tiers Kentucky was known as the land
of Boone.
Smooth, cautious, brave, with UNI
limited resources, with magnifi-
cent physique. he performed feats
and endured hardships, the stories Of
which thrilled hearts of his hearers.
He was as watchful as an Indian. He
i shrank from no danger. There was
no exposure or conflict that could
affect his wonderful physical powers
He knew the Indians, and he knew
the stories told by the stars and the
moss on the trees and the lay of the
leaves. These signs were as familiar
TO him as 10 the Indian himself. In
addition to all the energy and skill
OF the savage he added the heroic
courage and reasoning power and re-
sources of a white man and he thus
became the greatest Indian fighter OF
the age. He was under the usual size
lof the men of his period, being only
five feet ten inches, but his physical
strength and his power OF endurance
were far ahead of men of much larger
frames. He knew nothing but the lif
of a hunter. The deerskin shirt and
moccasin composed almost his entire
dress. He did not care for the posses
sion of lands, and though able. In Mis-
souri, TO have a better home, he lived
I'm a cabin which had been his earlier
shelter and made periodical visits
into the hunting grounds Of the west,
always extracting under solemn
oath the promise of his attendant
that In case of death his body should
be borne back TO the abodes OF civil
lization.
With some degree of patience and
watchfulness the writer has secured
some of the treasures connected with
the life of this wonderful man. A
clock which he presented To his dau
J ghter, his hunting shirt. his rifie