The life and adventures of Daniel Boone, the first settler of Kentucky - interspersed with incidents in the early annals of the country (1868) (14594648460)

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Title: The life and adventures of Daniel Boone, the first settler of Kentucky : interspersed with incidents in the early annals of the country
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840
Subjects: Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 Pioneers Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: New York : International Book Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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animal, when pressed, does not shrink fromencountering a man, and often kills him, unless heis fearless and adroit in his defence. All the com-panions of young Boone fled from the vicinity, asfast as possible. Not so the subject of our narra-tive. He coolly surveyed the animal, that in turneyed him, as the cat does a mouse, when preparinglo spring upon it. Levelling his rifle, and takingdeliberate aim, he lodged the bullet in the heart ofthe fearful animal, at the very moment it was in theact to spring upon him. It was a striking instanc eof that peculiar self-possession, which constitutedthe most striking trait in his character in after life. Observing these early propensities for the life ofa hunter in his son, and land having become dealand game scarce in the neighborhood where he livedBoones father formed the design of removing to re-mote forests, not yet disturbed by the sound of theaxe, or broken by frequent clearings; and havingheard a good account of the country bordering upor
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LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE. !23 the Yadkin river, in North Carolina, he resolved toremove thither. This river, which is a stream ofconsiderable size, has its source among the moun-tains in the north-east part of North Carolina, andpuisuesa beautiful meandering course through thatstate until it enters South Carolina. After wateringthe eastern section of the latter state, it reaches theocean a few miles above the mouth of the Santee.Having sold his plantation, on a fine April morning he set forth for the land of promise—wife, children, servants, flocks, and herds, forming a patriar-chal caravan through the wilderness. No processionbound to the holy cities of Mecca or Jerusalem,was ever more joyful; for to them the forest was anasylum. Overhung by the bright blue sky, envelo-ped in verdant forests full of game, nought caredthey for the absence of houses with their locks andlatches. Their nocturnal caravansary was a clearcool spring; their bed the fresh turf. Deer and tur-keys furnished their