. Indian history for young folks . ing the Ohio, swollenat this time by continuous rains, and running with a strong current. Fort-unately he found an old canoe, which he repaired, and which bore himsafely to the Kentucky shore. He was less than five days on the journey,eating but one regular meal on the way, which was a turkey he shot aftercrossing the Ohio. His re-appearance at Boonesborough was hailed withdelight, and he was looked upon as one risen from the dead. The fortwas at once repaired and strengthened, and in ten days was ready for asiege. This work was a parallelogram, enclosing nea
. Indian history for young folks . ing the Ohio, swollenat this time by continuous rains, and running with a strong current. Fort-unately he found an old canoe, which he repaired, and which bore himsafely to the Kentucky shore. He was less than five days on the journey,eating but one regular meal on the way, which was a turkey he shot aftercrossing the Ohio. His re-appearance at Boonesborough was hailed withdelight, and he was looked upon as one risen from the dead. The fortwas at once repaired and strengthened, and in ten days was ready for asiege. This work was a parallelogram, enclosing nearly an acre. In a trenchfour or five feet deep, large pickets were planted so as to form a compactwall from ten to twelve feet above the level of the ground. These picketswere of hard timber and about a foot in diameter. At the angles of thefort there were small, projecting squares of still stronger material andplanting, technically called flankers, with oblique port-holes, so that the 322 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNU FOLKS. , .-.•.. UOONE S KUKT. sentinel could rake tin- external frontof the work without heim; himselfexposed. Two immense folding gate-were the means of communicationfrom without. As Boonesborough was tin- firstfort built in that region, it at miceexcited the jealous fears of the In-dians, and became the special ob-ject of their hatred. The settlementaround it was incessantly harassedby marauding parties. I-Vw daredventure beyond the immediate vi- cinity of the fort. A first attack had been easily repelled; another, andmuch fiercer one, a few weeks later, had a similar result. Boone himself had, on one occasion, a narrow escape. Two men atwork in the fields were fired upon, and one of them was tomahawked andscalped within sight of the fort. Simon Kenton, who was on the lookout,shot this savage dead and gave chase to the others. Boone, hearing thealarm, rushed out with ten men and engaged the enemy, but soon foundhimself intercepted by a large body of them. He and h
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