The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer

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Excerpt from 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 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.