The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-10-22
BEDTIME STORY FOR JUNEAU CHILDREN
 By YOUR UNCLE
By YOUR UNCLE

Of Che greatest states In tbc Union. Daniel was Che greatest Indian dght-
 or Of his or any other day and am
 account ot hiB experiences is most ] thrilling. and thrills are what ap- peal Go Che average American boy
 Daniel Boone was born u Penn sylyana and his parents were Quakcrs Now Quakcu arc very
 good people. but they have peculiar views about some things One of thc.r beliefs is that It is wrong to Im anything and Cor that reason they do not eat any meat Cor when meat is eaten llfc must 0rst bo sacrificed. Without killing thcrc s
 no meat Whom Daniel was a small ! boy his parents moved Go North Car onna. where he violated Che pro- cepts of his parents by becoming Che greatest hunter iu Che uc.ehborhood | iu which he lived. Ho was dead shot and anything ho took a pop ! at usually dropped.
 One day a hunter returned from across Che Appalachia range of mountains and told of what a wou- dcrful country lay on Che other side
 of how it had oll kinds of game and wide. fertile valleys. hut its hon- Idicap was that it olso had lots of Indians who delighted in acolpIng white men. Now Daniel was Of % very adventurous nature and Che story about Kentucky. while lt would Ibaye frightened most young mon. struck him os hcue just what ho wanted. hc being a good hunter and iapper and not afraid of Indians ! lie went Go Kentucky opd stayed % tow months chen returned to hH home in North Carolina. In act | bc made several trips over tEe noun ains and so dm was hc in Che be- Iucf hat Kentucky would some day ! bc a great country that hc persuaded
 number Of others Go accompany |bim. which they did iu ho year l755. They started a new town In Che now
 country and called it Boonoboroueh. | which was Che first outpost in what was then called Che "nark and Bloody" ground getting i,s uamc from Che many fights chat were held with Che Indians
 As long as Che settlers stayed In
 town they were an right but when one Of them madc a trip into Che forest hc was usually captured by ! tho Indians. who would scalp and otherwise torture him until hc was glad Go die. But Daniel Boone soon tired Of hanging around Che village md would take long trips to explore ! ho country and scout around just
 to bo scouting In TITS tlc Shaw ucc Indians caught him and were about Co Nu him when ho showed them chat Inc was not afraid Go dIc. ! |Ws bravery excited tho admiration Of Che Indians and thcy decided to | let him live. but told him ho would Ihavo to become % member of iho.r tribe. Daniel said chat suited |him and for several months he lived and hunted with Che lndIans. who finally quit keeping close watch on Ih.m He had been adopted by chief called Black Fish. who had given Daniel Che uamc ol Big Turtle. Bis Turtle claimed to think great deal of Black Fish and that Is why he was not SO closely watched. Then one night whom an Che Indians were sleeping Daniel quietly slipped Iawoy He was soon missed and shortly aftcrword thoy were trailing Ihm through Che woods. for Indians are better at following trails chan are whlto men. But Daniel fooled them by wading for miles iu streams as he loft no tracks in Che watcr uc finally got back to Boonoboroush wborc his friends gave him hearty
 welcome os they had long before given him up as dead.
 Several years later this same band of shawnecs came to Booucboroueh
 to hdnap their former captive. They found Booonc iu utuo shouty used
 for drying tobacco.
 "Now Boone. we got you.' said
 Che Indians. "You no get away thIa time"
 "Ycs. you have me but om glad
 to go with you," replied tho scout
 "but ] want my friends Go hoyc some
 of this tobacco"
 He gathered up a number of Che Irycst leaves and. unseen by tho ln- dians. crushed thcm iu his hands Before they could move. he threw
 Che powdered tobacco into their eyes.
 As Che blinded savagos rolled ou Che
 floor bowling and digging at their
 eyes Che former "Big Turtle show
 ed unexpected speed and was far W Che trail Go Che fort before they
 could pursue him.
 In his later years Boone was
 cheated out of Che rich Kentucky
 lands he had fought SO hard to win
 and he migrated to Missouri bceom- ing a hunter once more. Tie died
 thorc m 1920 at tho age ol eighty