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

Name: 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
Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis

Edward Sylvester Ellis · 1916

CHAPTER I. PAGE Birth of Daniel Boone--Fondness for Hunting--An Alarming Absence--A Pedagogue of the Olden Time--Sudden Termination of Young Boone's School Education--Removal to North Carolina--Boone's Marriage--His Children 1 Social Disturbances in North Carolina--Eve of the American Revolution--Boone's Excursions to the West--Inscription on a Tree--Employed by Henderson and Company--The "Regulators" of North Carolina--Dispersed by Governor Tryon--John Finley--Resolution to go West 11…

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