Identifier: illustratedbiogr00sava (find matches)
Title: Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: Buffalo, Phinney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o had re-turned home. Boone and Stewart would have been constrained to follow them,had not Squire Boone, the brother of Daniel, pursued their track from NorthCarolina, and relieved them with a few necessaries. Shortly afterward, Stew-art was killed by the Indians, and the two Boones were left the only whitemen in the wilderness. They passed the winter in a cabin. In May, 1770,Boones brother returned home. In July of the same year, however, he cameback, according to agreement. They then traversed the country to the Cum-berland river, and, the following year, returned to their families, with a deter-mination of removing with them to Kentucky. In September, 1773, Boonecommenced his removal to Kentucky, with his own, and five other families,and was joined by forty men, who placed themselves under his guidance. Beingattacked by the Indians, six of his men were slain, and the cattle belonging tothe party dispersed. The survivors returned, in consequence, to the settlements DANIEL BOONE. 353
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Portrait of Daaiel Boone, from a Painting in the Possessien of Hon. J. K. Paaldiog. 23 354 DANIEL BOONE. on Clinch river, about forty miles from the scene of action. A company ofNorth Carolina, having formed a plan of purchasing the lands on the south sideof the Kentucky river from the southern Indians, employed Boone to buy a tractof the country, the limits of which were described to him. He performed theservice, and soon after, made a road from the settlements on the Holston to theKentucky river, notwithstanding the incessant attack of the Indians, in whichfour of his men were killed, and five wounded. In April, 1775, he built a fortat a salt-spring, on the southern bank of the Kentucky, where Boonesborough isnow situated. It consisted of a blockhouse and several cabins, enclosed withpalisades. In 1777, he sustained two sieges in Boonesborough, from the In-dians, but repulsed them. In the following year, however, Feb. 7, Boone wastaken prisoner by the savages, while hunting, with a

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