Chapter 22

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 debts by the sale of furs--Taken sick in his hunting camp--Colonel Boone applies to Congress to recover his land--The Legislature of Kentucky supports his claim--Death of Mrs. Boone--Results of the application to Congress--Occupations of his declining years--Mr. Harding paints his portrait.