. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. in, when a messenger came from GOVERNOR DUNMORE SENDS FOR MR. BOONE 33 Watauga in search of Jemimas father. He told us thatGovernor Dunmore had sent him to ask Mr. Booneand my father to go into Kentucky and warn the whitepeople, who were in the wilderness surveying the land, against remaining any longer. It was the governors plan to wage war upon the Indians who had their hunting grounds where our people wanted to settle, and he wished to make certain that all W^Mk C^^^^ ^^S*C^ ^^^ whi
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. in, when a messenger came from GOVERNOR DUNMORE SENDS FOR MR. BOONE 33 Watauga in search of Jemimas father. He told us thatGovernor Dunmore had sent him to ask Mr. Booneand my father to go into Kentucky and warn the whitepeople, who were in the wilderness surveying the land, against remaining any longer. It was the governors plan to wage war upon the Indians who had their hunting grounds where our people wanted to settle, and he wished to make certain that all W^Mk C^^^^ ^^S*C^ ^^^ white men should know what was aboutto happen. Had we dreamed thatfather might be away fromus long, both mother and Iwould have said all we couldto prevent him from leaving us; but,not realizing how difficult and danger-ous the task was to be, and rejoic-ing because he had a chance to earn some money,we held our peace, only insisting that a generoussupply of meat should be brought in before hestarted. The messenger from Watauga joined our fathers in thehunt, and within three days there was piled up in front. 34 HANNAH OF KENTUCKY of the cabin, or hanging from the trees, as much gameas could be cured before it would spoil. Israel Boone and Billy were cautioned to keep asharp watch for Indian signs, and not to wander veryfar into the forest when they went hunting. The mes-senger left us to return to Watauga, and then, promis-ing to come back as soon as the surveyors had beenwarned, our fathers marched away, carrying with themfor food only one large journey cake and four or fiveslices of cooked deer meat. Mother insisted that they should have half of ourstore of salt, but both men declared they would nottake anything so precious, for in Powells Valley abushel of salt was worth a good cow and a calf, whilein the settlements on the Yadkin it sold for fifty centsa quart. OUR HOME ON THE CLINCH During the first two or three days we hardly realizedthe absence of our fathers, so busy were
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