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CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the

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Title: The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman

The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the by Uncle Philip 1

Author: Uncle Philip

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In the contents list for Chapter II, 'Daniel Doone is rejoiced' was changed to 'Daniel Boone'. 'Boon' in the

frontispiece illustration caption has however been retained.

Variations in use of hyphens have been standardised within the text.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE, THE KENTUCKY RIFLEMAN.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "UNCLE PHILIP'S CONVERSATIONS."

"Too much crowded--too much crowded--I want more elbow-room."--Boone on his way to Missouri.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO., 200 BROADWAY. PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE S. APPLETON, 164

CHESNUT ST. MDCCCL.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, By D. APPLETON & CO., in the Clerk's Office of

the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY THE

LADS OF KENTUCKY, This Volume IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED, BY UNCLE PHILIP.

[Illustration: DANIEL BOON. From the Basso Relievo in the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington]

CONTENTS.

The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the by Uncle Philip 2

CHAPTER I.

Page. Daniel Boone is born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania--His father removes to the Schuylkill--Boone's

early passion for hunting--Kills a panther--Wanderings in the woods--Is sent to school--The school is broken

up--Boone returns to his sports--His father removes to the Yadkin river in North Carolina--While the farm is

improving Daniel is hunting--The neighborhood begins to be settled--Daniel is dissatisfied--Settlement of Mr.

Bryan--Daniel Boone goes out upon a fire hunt--Strange adventure--Marries Rebecca Bryan--Makes a home

for himself on the head waters of the Yadkin--Men begin to crowd upon him--determines to move 13

CHAPTER I. 3

CHAPTER II.

Early visits to Kentucky--James McBride--Dr. Wacker and others--John Finlay goes to Kentucky trading with

the Indians--Returns with glowing accounts of the country--Visits Daniel Boone and spends the winter with

him--Boone is charmed with the stories--They determine in the spring to go to Kentucky--Meeting at Boone's

house in May--With four companions they start for the west--Adventures by the way--They reach Finlay's old

station on the Red river--Make their camp--Amuse themselves in hunting and exploring the country--Beauty

of the country--Abundance of game--Boone and Stewart are taken by the Indians--Make their escape--Return

to their camp--It is plundered and deserted--Arrival of Squire Boone--Daniel Boone is rejoiced to hear from

his family 26

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CHAPTER III.

Hunting party--Stewart is killed by the Indians--narrow escape of Daniel Boone--The companion of Squire

Boone returns home--The two brothers alone in the wilderness--Cheerfulness of Daniel Boone--Squire returns

to the Yadkin for ammunition--Daniel lives in the forest alone--His pleasant wanderings--Singular escape

from the Indians--Encounter with a bear--Looks for the return of his brother--Disappointment--Is very

sad--Squire suddenly arrives with ammunition and horses--Plans for the future--Daniel Boone chooses a spot

on the Kentucky river--They return for his family--Sport by the way--They reach the Yadkin--Try to beat up

recruits for Kentucky--Ridicule of the people--They start with five families--Forty men join them--Disaster by

the way--They return to Clinch river--Various employments of Boone--He returns to Kentucky--Builds a

fort--Removes his family to Boonesborough 42

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CHAPTER IV.

Comforts of Boonesborough--Arrival of Colonel Calaway and his daughters--Capture of three girls by the

Indians--Boone and Calaway pursue--Are made prisoners--Happy escape--New emigrants--County of

Kentucky--Indian warfare--Attacks upon Harrodsburgh and Boonesborough--Expedition to the salt-licks on

Licking river--Courage of Boone--Overcomes two Indians--Is met by a large Indian party--Made a

prisoner--His long captivity and escape 59

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