The First White Man of the West

The First White Man of the West

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Title: The First White Man of the West Life And Exploits Of Col. Dan'l.
Boone, The First Settler Of Kentucky; Interspersed With Incidents In
The Early Annals Of The Country.
Author: Timothy Flint
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[Illustration: DANIEL BOONE.]
[Illustration: BOONE'S FIRST VIEW OF KENTUCKY.]
"Fair was the scene that lay Before the little band, Which paused upon
its toilsome way, To view this new found land.
Field, stream and valley spread, Far as the eye could gaze, With
summer's beauty o'er them shed, And sunlight's brightest rays.
Flowers of the fairest dyes, Trees clothed in richest green; And brightly
smiled the deep-blue skies, O'er this enchanting scene.

Such was Kentucky then, With wild luxuriance blest; Where no
invading hand had been, The garden of the West."

THE FIRST WHITE MAN OF THE WEST,
OR THE
LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF COL. DAN'L. BOONE, THE FIRST
SETTLER OF KENTUCKY;
INTERSPERSED WITH INCIDENTS IN THE EARLY ANNALS OF
THE COUNTRY.
BY TIMOTHY FLINT.
1856.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Birth of Daniel Boone--His early propensities--His pranks at
school--His first hunting expedition--And his encounter with a
panther.--Removal of the family to North Carolina--Boone becomes a
hunter--Description of fire hunting, in which he was near committing a
sad mistake--Its fortunate result--and his marriage.

CHAPTER II.
Boone removes to the head waters of the Yadkin river--He meets with
Finley, who had crossed the mountains into Tennessee--They agree to
explore the wilderness west of the Alleghanies together.

CHAPTER III.
Boone, with Finley and others, start on their exploring
expedition--Boone kills a panther in the night--Their progress over the

mountains--They descend into the great valley--Description of the new
country--Herds of buffaloes--Their wanderings in the wilderness.

CHAPTER IV.
The exploring party divide into different routes--Boone and Stewart
taken prisoners by the Indians, and their escape--Boone meets with his
elder brother and another white man in the woods--Stewart killed by
the Indians, and the companion of the elder Boone destroyed by
wolves--The elder brother returns to North Carolina, leaving Boone
alone in the wilderness.

CHAPTER V.
Boone is pursued by the Indians, and eludes their pursuit--He
encounters and kills a bear--The return of his brother with
ammunition--They explore the country--Boone kills a panther on the
back of a buffalo--They return to North Carolina.

CHAPTER VI.
Boone starts with his family to Kentucky--Their return to Clinch
river--He conducts a party of surveyors to the Falls of Ohio--He helps
build Boonesborough, and removes his family to the fort--His daughter
and two of Col. Calloway's daughters taken prisoners by the
Indians--They pursue the Indians and rescue the captives.

CHAPTER VII.
Settlement of Harrodsburgh--Indian mode of besieging and

warfare--Fortitude and privation of the Pioneers--The Indians attack
Harrodsburgh and Boonesborough--Description of a Station--Attack of
Bryant's Station.

CHAPTER VIII.
Boone being attacked by two Indians near the Blue Licks, kills them
both--Is afterwards taken prisoner and marched to Old Chillicothe--Is
adopted by the Indians--Indian ceremonies.

CHAPTER IX.
Boone becomes a favorite among the Indians--Anecdotes relating to his
captivity--Their mode of tormenting and burning prisoners--Their
fortitude under the infliction of torture--Concerted attack on
Boonesborough--Boone escapes.

CHAPTER X.
Six hundred Indians attack Boonesborough--Boone and Captain Smith
go out to treat with the enemy under a flag of truce, and are extricated
from a treacherous attempt to detain them as prisoners--Defence of the
fort--The Indians defeated--Boone goes to North Carolina to bring back
his family.

CHAPTER XI.
A sketch of the character and adventures of several other
pioneers--Harrod, Kenton, Logan, Ray, McAffee, and others.

CHAPTER XII.
Boone's brother killed, and Boone himself narrowly escapes from the
Indians--Assault upon Ashton's station--and upon the station near
Shelbyville--Attack upon McAffee's station.

CHAPTER XIII.
Disastrous battle near the Blue Licks--General Clarke's expedition
against the Miami towns--Massacre of McClure's family--The horrors
of Indian assaults throughout the settlements--General Harmar's
expedition--Defeat of General St. Clair--Gen. Wayne's victory, and a
final peace with the Indians.

CHAPTER XIV.
Rejoicings on account of the peace--Boone indulges his propensity for
hunting--Kentucky increases in population--Some account of their
conflicting land titles--Progress of civil improvement destroying the
range of the hunter--Litigation of land titles--Boone loses his
lands--Removes from Kentucky to the Kanawha--Leaves the Kanawha
and goes to Missouri, where he