. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . tree, but held his hat out on a stick; whenhis pursuers had thus wasted their shots, he aimed at them, andsucceeded in killing both. Another misfortune had overtaken Boone a short time 1779, a commission had been appointed by the Yirginia Legis-lature to settle Kentucky land claims, there being considerabletrouble about the conflicting interests of different settlers. TheHenderson or Transylvania Company, as it was called, underthe auspices of which Boonesborough had been .settled, claimedentire independence of Virginia and every other st
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . tree, but held his hat out on a stick; whenhis pursuers had thus wasted their shots, he aimed at them, andsucceeded in killing both. Another misfortune had overtaken Boone a short time 1779, a commission had been appointed by the Yirginia Legis-lature to settle Kentucky land claims, there being considerabletrouble about the conflicting interests of different settlers. TheHenderson or Transylvania Company, as it was called, underthe auspices of which Boonesborough had been .settled, claimedentire independence of Virginia and every other state. Kentucky,however, had been constituted a county of the Old Dominion,and various tracts of lands had been entered by later settlersunder the laws of that commonwealth. Other states had sentpioneers to this region, and matters seemed to be in inextiicableconfusion. Major Boone, in company with many others, turnedall his available jDroperty into ready money, intending to investin land warrants. Having raised about $20,000 in paj)er money,. 212 COLONEL DANIEL BOONE. and being entrusted with large sums by bis neighbors, he set OTiton his journey to Richmond. On the way he was attacked androbbed of the whole amount. One of the victims of this misfor-tune writes thus to his brother, who had also suffered by therobbery: I feel for the poor people who, perhaps, are to lose even theirpre-emptions; but I must say, I feel more for Boone, whose char-acter, I am told, suffers by it. Much degenerated must the peopleof this age be, when amongst them are to be found men to cen-sure and blast the reputation of a person so just and upright, andin whose breast is a seat of virtue too pure to admit of a thoughtso base and dishonorable. Yet, in his autobiograi^hy, there is no word of this. The landshe had wrested froin the savages were taken from him by legalquibbles ; having money to buy the title to them, he was robbedof it; undertaking to perform a service for his neighbors, theirmoney was t
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