Life and times of Colonel Daniel Boone, comprising history of the early settlement of Kentucky . r following them by walking some distanceapart through the thickest cane they could find. Weobserved their course, however, and on which side theyhad left their sign, and traveled upward of thirtymiles. We then imagined that they would be lesscautious in traveling, and made a turn in order tocross their trace, and had gone but a few miles beforewe found their tracks in a buffalo-path. Pursuing this for the distance of about ten miles,we overtook them just as they were kindling a fire tocook. Our st
Life and times of Colonel Daniel Boone, comprising history of the early settlement of Kentucky . r following them by walking some distanceapart through the thickest cane they could find. Weobserved their course, however, and on which side theyhad left their sign, and traveled upward of thirtymiles. We then imagined that they would be lesscautious in traveling, and made a turn in order tocross their trace, and had gone but a few miles beforewe found their tracks in a buffalo-path. Pursuing this for the distance of about ten miles,we overtook them just as they were kindling a fire tocook. Our study had been more to get the prisoner^without giving their captors time to murder themafter they should discover us, than to kill the Indians. We discovered each other nearly at the same of our party fired, and then all rushed uponthem, which prevented their carrying any thing awayexcept one shot-gun without any ammunition. and myself had a pretty fair shot, just as theybegan to move off. I am well convinced I shot onethrough; the one he shot dropped his gun, mine DEPARTURE OF SPECULATORS. 113 The place was very thick with cane; and being somuch elated on recovering the three little broken-hearted girls, prevented our making any furthersearch. We sent them off without moccasins, andnot one of them with so much as a knife or a Toma-hawk. Although the people of the little colony of Boones-borough were not aware of the fact at the time, themarauding Indians who thus captured Miss Booneand the Misses Callaway, as they were amusing them-selves by paddling about the foot of the rock in thecanoe, were one of the many scouting parties ofIndians who were scattered about watching all thedifferent settlements in Kentucky, and preparing toattack them. The incident of the capture of the girlsspread an alarm, and guards were stationed to defendthe hands who were engaged in cultivating the ground. Toward autumn the alarm of Indian hostilities,and the knowledge tha
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