New school history of the United States . d beyond the Alleghany Mountains. Their settlements onthe Watauga and the Nolichucky were the beginning of theState of Tennessee. Daniel Boone, and a few others hadpreceded them. DANIEL BOONE. 13. Daniel Boone was a plain yeoman, with the tastes andspirit of a pioneer. He was living on the Yadkin River, inNorth Carolina, whenthe insurrection of theRegulators broke started from hometo explore the wilds ofKentucky. He wastaken prisoner by theIndians, but e continued h i sjourney, reached theOhio, and exploredthe Cumberland Riv-er. Return
New school history of the United States . d beyond the Alleghany Mountains. Their settlements onthe Watauga and the Nolichucky were the beginning of theState of Tennessee. Daniel Boone, and a few others hadpreceded them. DANIEL BOONE. 13. Daniel Boone was a plain yeoman, with the tastes andspirit of a pioneer. He was living on the Yadkin River, inNorth Carolina, whenthe insurrection of theRegulators broke started from hometo explore the wilds ofKentucky. He wastaken prisoner by theIndians, but e continued h i sjourney, reached theOhio, and exploredthe Cumberland Riv-er. Returning to theYadkin, he sold hislittle property, andset out with his own daniel boone. and other families for The Dark and Bloody Land.** He was detained on the Clinch River, as the Indians were1773. ravagmg the frontier. When the Shawanee war was over, he proceeded on his route, and built a fort on the Ken-tucky River, where Boonesborough now stands. He was again * The Indian name, Kain-tuckee^ is said to mean The Dark and Bloody lOO HISTOR V OF THE UNITED ST A TES, captured by the Indians, and again made his escape. Heaccompanied General Clarke in his expeditions against thetribes on the Ohio. The loss of his land, the love of adven-ture, and the long habit of a roving life, tempted him furtherwestward. He settled on the Little O sage River, in the heartof Missouri, and at eighty years of age accompanied a huntingparty to the Great Osage. He was nearly ninety when he died —having seen many States formed out of the wilderness andthe prairies which he had traversed in advance of was a notable example of those daring and resolute men,who have pushed the domain and the civilization of the UnitedStates from Massachusetts Bay and the Chesapeake to theGolden Gate and the Pacific shores. THE PRINCESS SUSANNA.—1771. 14. A singular occurrence varied the strife of theseeventful years. Sarah Wilson suddenly appeared in SouthCarolina, claiming to be the Princess S
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