1884 THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, LEWIS WETZEL, SIMON KENTON, INDIAN WARS, PIONEERS

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1884 THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, LEWIS WETZEL, SIMON KENTON, INDIAN WARS, PIONEERSClick images to enlargeDescription THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COL. DANIEL BOONE, HUNTER, SOLDIER, AND PIONEER. WITH SKETCHES OF SIMON KENTON, LEWIS WETZEL, AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, " Of all men Who passes for in life and death most lucky. Of the great names which in our faces stare, Is Daniel Boone, backwoodsman of Kentucky. Crime came not near him -- she is not the child Of solitude. Health shrank not from him, for Her home is in the rarely-trodden wild.'' By EDWARD S. ELLIS,1884 FIRST EDITIONPHILADELPHIA, PORTER & COATES269 PAGESAUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT," "NED IN THE BLOCK-HOUSE," ''NED IN THE WOODS," ETC.THE BOOK IS COMPLETE CLEAN AND IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD CONDITION.....CONTENTS ....... CHAPTER I. Birth of Daniel Boone -- Fondness for Hunting -- An Alarm- ing Absence -- A Pedagogue of the Olden Time -- Sudden Termination of Young Boone's School Education -- Re- moval to North Carolina -- Boone's Marriage -- His Chil- dren................................... I CHAPTER 11. Social Disturbances in North Carolina -- Eve of the Ameri- can Revolution -- Boone's Excursions to the West -- In- scription on a Tree -- Employed by Henderson and Com- pany -- The "Regulators" of North Carolina -- Dispersed by Governor Tryon -- John Finley -- Resolution to go West, ..... 11 CHAPTER III. The Party of Exploration -- Daniel Boone the Leader -- More than a Month on the Journey -- On the Border of Kentucky -- An Enchanting View -- A Site for the Camp -- Unsur- passed Hunting -- An Impressive Solitude -- No Signs of Indians ............................19 CHAPTER IV. Boone and Stuart start out on a Hunt -- Captured by Indians and Disarmed -- Stuart's Despair and Boone's Hope -- A Week's Captivity -- The Eventful Night................... 28 CHAPTER V. The Escape -- The Hunters find the Camp Deserted -- Change of Quarters -- Boone and Kenton -- Welcome Visitors- News from Home -- In Union there is Strength-- Death of Stuart -- Squire Boone returns to North Carolina for Am- munition -- Alone in the Wilderness -- Danger on Every Hand -- Rejoined by his Brother -- Hunting along the Cum- berland River -- Homeward Bound -- Arrival in North Caro- lina -- Anarchy and Distress -- Boone remains there Two Years -- Attention directed towards Kentucky -- George Washington -- Boone prepares to move Westward..................... 34 CHAPTER VI. Leaving North Carolina -- Joined by a Large Company at Powell's Valley -- Glowing Anticipations -- Attacked by In- dians in Cumberland Gap -- Daniel Boone's Eldest Son Killed -- Discouragement -- Return to Clinch River Settle- ment -- The Check Providential -- Boone acts as a Guide to a Party of Surveyors -- Commissioned Captain by Gov- ernor Dunmore, and takes command of Three Garrisons -- Battle of Point Pleasant -- Attends the making of a Treaty with Indians at Wataga -- Employed by Colonel Richard Henderson -- Kentucky claimed by the Cherokees -- ^James Harrod -- The First Settlement in Kentucky -- Boone leads a Company into Kentucky -- Attacked by In- dians -- Erection of the Fort at Boonesborough -- Colonel Richard Henderson takes Possession of Kentucky -- The Republic of Transylvania -- His Scheme receives its Death- blow -- Perils of the Frontier -- A Permanent Settlement made on Kentucky Soil..................... 46 CHAPTER VII. Boone Rejoins his Family at the Clinch River Settlement -- Leads a Company of Immigrants into Kentucky -- In- security of Settlers -- Dawn of the American Revolution -- British Agents Incite the Indians to Revolt against the Settlements.................... 61 CHAPTER VIII. Comparative Quiet on the Frontier -- Capture of Boone's Daughter and the Misses Callaway by Indians-- Pursued by Boone and Seven Companions -- Their Rescue and Return to their Homes........................ 69 CHAPTER IX. General Uprising of the Indians -- The Border Rangers -- At- tack upon Boonesborough -- Repulse of the Assailants -- Second Attack by a Larger Force and its Failure -- Arrival of Forty-five Men -- Investment of Logan's Fort --... read more

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