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 . accompanied byBoone. From that time until 1798, Boone resided alternately in Kentucky andin Virginia. In that year he removed to Upper Louisiana, where he receiveda grant from the Spanish authorities of two thousand acres of land. His chil-dren, friends, and followers, were also presented with eight hundred acres each. BENJAMIN WEST.
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 . accompanied byBoone. From that time until 1798, Boone resided alternately in Kentucky andin Virginia. In that year he removed to Upper Louisiana, where he receiveda grant from the Spanish authorities of two thousand acres of land. His chil-dren, friends, and followers, were also presented with eight hundred acres each. BENJAMIN WEST. 355 He settled with them, on the Missouri river, at Charette, some distance be-yond the inhabited parts of the country, where he followed his usual course oflife, hunting and trapping for bears, until September, 1822, when he died, at theresidence of his son, Major A. Boone, in Montgomery county, in the 85th yearof his age. He had been gradually declining for some years previous to hisdecease. It is related, that, some time before that event, he had two coffinsmade out of a favorite cherry-tree, the first of which not fitting, he gave to ason-in-law ; in the second he was buried, having bestowed on it a fine polishby a course of rubbing for several BENJAMIN WEST. BENJAMIN WEST, one of the most distinguished artists America has yetproduced, was born near Springfield, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1738. Hisfirst essay in the arts was made when he was seven years old; for being leftin charge of a sleeping child, he attempted to represent its features on paper,with pen and ink. His success was such as to call forth the admiration ofhis parents. Soon after this he procured from some Indians the red and yellowearths used by them for decorating their persons ; and these with blue from hismothers pad of indigo, enabled him to give the colors of the objects pictured. The first money received by young West for his labors as an artist, wasfrom Mr. Wayne, for drawings on poplar boards
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