Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer

Last illness, and death of Colonel Boone--His funeral--Account of his family--His remains and those of his wife removed from Missouri, and reinterred in the new cemetery in Fran...

The Indians return home from the Blue Licks--They attack the settlements in Jefferson County--Affair at Simpson's Creek--General Clark's expedition to the Indian country--Colone...

Indian hostilities resumed--Expedition of Davis, Caffre and McClure--Murder of Elliot--Marshall's river adventure--Attack on Captain Ward's boat--Affair near Scaggs' Creek--Grow...

Condition of the early settlers as it respects the mechanic arts--Want of skilled mechanics--Hominy block and hand-mill--Sweeps--Gunpowder--Water mills Clothing--Leather--Farm t...

News of Cornwallis's surrender--Its effects--Captain Estill's defeat--Grand army of Indians raised for the conquest of Kentucky--Simon Girty's speech--Attack on Hoy's Station--I...

Invasion of Kentucky by Captain Byrd's party--He captures the garrisons at Ruddle's Station and Martin's Fort--Colonel Clark's invasion of the Indian country--He ravages the Ind...

Season of repose--Colonel Boone buys land--Builds a log-house and goes to farming--Kentucky organized on a new basis--The three Counties united in one district, and Courts estab...

Arrival of Squire Boone and a companion at the camp of Daniel Boone--Joyful meeting--News from home, and hunting resumed--Daniel Boone and Stuart surprised by the Indians, Stuar...

Political and social condition of North Carolina--Taxes--Lawsuits--Ostentation and extravagance of foreigners and government officers--Oppression of the people--Murmurs--Open re...

Arrival of reinforcements at Bryant's Station--Colonel Daniel Boone, his son and brother among them--Colonels Trigg, Todd, and others--Great number of commissioned officers--Con...

Scarcity of salt at Boonesborough--Boone goes to Blue Licks to make salt, and is captured by the Indians--Taken to Chillicothe--Affects contentment, and deceives the Indians--Ta...

The Seven Years' War--Cherokee war--Period of Boone's first long excursions to the West--Extract from Wheeler's History of Tennessee--Indian accounts of the western country--Ind...

Colonel Boone meets with the loss of all his land in Kentucky, and emigrates to Virginia--Resides on the Kenhawas, near Point Pleasant--Hears of the fertility of Missouri, and t...

Captain Boone tried by court-martial--Honorably acquitted and promoted--Loses a large sum of money--His losses by lawsuits and disputes about land--Defeat of Colonel Rogers's pa...

Colonel Boone receives a large grant of land from the Spanish Government of Upper Louisiana--He subsequently loses it by neglecting to secure the formal title--His law suits in...

Arrival of George Rogers Clark in Kentucky--Anecdote of his conversation with Ray--Clark and Jones chosen as delegates for the Colonies to the Virginia Legislature--Clark's impo...

The militia discharged--Captain Boone returns to his family--Henderson's company--Various companies of emigrants to Kentucky--Bounty lands--Harrod's party builds the first log-c...

Daniel Boone sets out for Kentucky with his family and his brother Squire Boone--Is joined by five families and forty men at Powell's Valley--The party is attacked by Indians an...

The family of Daniel Boone--His grandfather emigrates to America, and settles in Bucks County, Pennsylvania--Family of Daniel Boone's father--Account of Exeter, the birth-place...

Daniel Boone remains two years in North Carolina after his return from the West--He prepares to emigrate to Kentucky--Character of the early settlers to Kentucky--The first clas...

Disturbed state of the country in 1775--Breaking out of the Revolutionary war--Exposed situation of the Kentucky settlements--Hostility of the Indians excited by the British--Fi...

Description of the Old Fort at Boonesborough--Usual methods of fortification against the Indians--Arrival of more settlers at Boonesborough--Captain Boone returns to the Clinch...

Removal of Boone's father and family to North Carolina--Location on the Yadkin River--Character of the country and the people--Byron's description of the backwoodsman--Daniel Bo...

Scarcity of salt at Boonesborough--Boone goes to Blue Licks to make salt, and is captured by the Indians--Taken to Chilicothe--Affects contentment, and deceives the Indians--Tak...

Arrival of Squire Boone and a companion at the camp of Daniel Boone--Joyful meeting--News from home, and hunting resumed--Daniel Boone and Stuart surprised by the Indians--Stuar...

Disturbed state of the country in 1775--Breaking out of the Revolutionary war--Exposed situation of the Kentucky settlements--Hostility of the Indians excited by the British--Fi...

Political and social condition of North Carolina--Taxes--Lawsuits--Ostentation and extravagance of foreigners and government officers--Oppression of the people--Murmurs--Open re...

Daniel Boone sets out for Kentucky with his family and his brother, Squire Boone--Is joined by five families and forty men at Powell's Valley--The party is attacked by Indians,...

The Indians return home from the Blue Licks--They attack the settlements in Jefferson County--Affair at Simpson's Creek--General Clark's expedition to the Indian country--Colone...

Invasion of Kentucky by Captain Byrd's party--He captures the garrisons at Ruddle's Station and Martin's Fort--Colonel Clark's invasion of the Indian country--He ravages the Ind...

Arrival of George Rogers Clark in Kentucky--Anecdote of his conversation with Ray--Clark and Jones chosen as delegates for the Colonies to the Virginia Legislature--Clark's impo...

The militia discharged--Captain Boone returns to his family--Henderson's company--Various companies of emigrants to Kentucky--Bounty lands--Harrod's party builds the first log-c...

Arrival of Reinforcements at Bryant's Station--Colonel Daniel Boone, his son and brother among them--Colonels Trigg, Todd, and others--Consultation--Apprehensions of Boone and o...

Description of the Old Fort at Boonesborough--Usual methods of fortifications against the Indians--Arrival of more settlers at Boonesborough--Captain Boone returns to the Clinch...

Colonel Boone receives a large grant of land from the Spanish Government of Upper Louisiana--He loses it--Sketch of the history of Missouri--Colonel Boone's hunting--He pays his...

The Seven Years' War--Cherokee War--Period of Boone's first long Excursion to the West--Extract from Wheeler's History of Tennessee--Indian accounts of the Western country--Indi...

News of Cornwallis's surrender--Its effects--Captain Estill's defeat--Grand army of Indians raised for the conquest of Kentucky--Simon Girty's speech--Attack on Hoy's Station--I...

Indian hostilities resumed--Expedition of Davis, Caffre, and McClure--Attack on Captain Ward's boat--Affair near Scagg's Creek--Growth of Kentucky--Population--Trade--General Lo...

Removal of Boone's father and family to North Carolina--Location on the Yadkin River--Character of the country and the people--Byron's description of the Backwoodsmen--Daniel Bo...

Captain Boone tried by court-martial--Honorably acquitted and promoted--Loses a large sum of money--His losses by law-suits and disputes about land--Defeat of Colonel Rogers's p...

Daniel Boone remains two years in North Carolina after his return from the West--He prepares to emigrate to Kentucky--Character of the early settlers to Kentucky--The first clas...

Last illness, and death of Colonel Boone--His funeral--Account of his family--His remains and those of his wife removed from Missouri, and reinterred in the new cemetery in Fran...

The family of Daniel Boone--His grandfather emigrates to America, and settles in Bucks County, Pennsylvania--Family of Daniel Boone's father--Account of Exeter, the birth-place...

Colonel Boone meets with the loss of all his land in Kentucky, and emigrates to Virginia--Resides on the Kenhawa, near Point Pleasant--Emigrates to Missouri--Is appointed comman...

Season of repose--Colonel Boone buys land--Builds a log house and goes to farming--Kentucky organized on a new basis--Colonel Boone surprised by Indians--Escapes--Manners and cu...