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The History of Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin in Berks
County, near present-day Reading, Pennsylvania. Boone is one of the most famous pioneers
in United States history. He spent most of his life exploring and settling the American
frontier.
Boone had little formal education, but he did learn the skills of a woodsmen early in
life. By age 12 his sharp hunter's eye and skill with a rifle helped keep his family well
provided with wild game. In 1756 Boone married Rebecca Bryan, a pioneer woman with great
courage and patience. He spent most of the next ten years hunting and farming to feed his
family. In 1769 a trader and old friend, John Findley, visited Boone's cabin. Findley was
looking for an overland route to Kentucky and needed a skilled woodsman to guide him. In
1769 Boone, Findley and five men traveled along wilderness trails and through the
Cumberland gap in the Appalachian mountains into Kentucky. They found a "hunter's
paradise" filled with buffalo, deer, wild turkey and meadows ideal for farming. Boone
vowed to return with his family one day.
In 1775 Boone and 30 other woodsmen were hired to improve the trails between the Carolinas
and the west. The resulting route reached into the heart of Kentucky and became known as
the "Wilderness Road." That same year Boone built a fort and village called
Boonesborough in Kentucky, and moved his family over the Wilderness Trail to their new
home.
Boone had numerous encounters with the native people of Kentucky during the Revolutionary
War. In 1776, Shawnee warriors kidnapped his daughter and two other girls. Two days later
Boone caught up with the Indians and through surprise attack rescued the girls. In 1778,
he was captured by another band of Shawnee. Boone learned that the tribe was planning an
attack on Boonesborough. He negotiated a settlement with Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee,
preventing the attack. The Indians admired their captive for his skill as a hunter and
woodsman and adopted him into their tribe as a son of Blackfish. He escaped when he
learned the Shawnee, at the instigation of the British, were planning another attach on
Boonesborough. The settlement was reinforced and provisioned in preparation for the
assault. When British soldiers and the Indians attacked, Boonesborough withstood a ten-day
siege and Chief Blackfish and the British finally withdrew.
After the Revolutionary War, Boone worked as a surveyor along the Ohio River and settled
for a time in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia). In 1792, Kentucky was admitted
into the Union as the 15th state. Litigation arose that questioned many settlers' title to
their lands. Boone lost all his property due to lack of clear title. In 1799, he followed
his son, Daniel Morgan Boone, to Missouri which was then under the dominion of Spain.
Traveling by canoe, he and his family paddled down the Ohio River to St. Louis.
In 1800, Boone was appointed magistrate of the Femme Osage District in St. Charles County,
Missouri. He received a large tract of land for his services. When Missouri was
transferred to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Boone once again lost
all his land, most of which was sold to satisfy creditors in Kentucky. Boone's wife
Rebecca died on March 18, 1813. He spent his remaining years living in his son Nathan's
home in the St. Charles area. He went on his final hunting trip at the age of 83.
Daniel Boone died on September 26, 1820 at the age of 85. In 1845 the remains of Boone and
his wife were moved to Kentucky to rest in the great pioneer's "hunter's
paradise." There is some controversy surrounding the final disposition of Boone's
remains. Some say that Daniel and Rebecca are still in Missouri, and that the wrong
remains were removed and re-buried. Others have demanded the return of the bodies to
Missouri.
As found at http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/boone.html