Moving Picture News (1911) . 40 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS. LIFE OF DANIEL BOONERepublic Release, January 13 and 14 Daniel Boone, one of theJ^_||j^ most adventurous pf _ allthose pioneers of civiliza-tion to whose courage, endurance andskill, America owes so much, was bornin Virginia. At an early period, heemigrated to North Carolina, but hislove of the wilderness not being suf-ficiently gratified here, he planned anexpedition and with a few adventurousmen ventured into Kentucky. On June 7, 1769, he reached the fa-mous Red River and was captured by atribe of hostile Indians, who finallyadopted
Moving Picture News (1911) . 40 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS. LIFE OF DANIEL BOONERepublic Release, January 13 and 14 Daniel Boone, one of theJ^_||j^ most adventurous pf _ allthose pioneers of civiliza-tion to whose courage, endurance andskill, America owes so much, was bornin Virginia. At an early period, heemigrated to North Carolina, but hislove of the wilderness not being suf-ficiently gratified here, he planned anexpedition and with a few adventurousmen ventured into Kentucky. On June 7, 1769, he reached the fa-mous Red River and was captured by atribe of hostile Indians, who finallyadopted him. At the first opportunityhe escaped and fought his way back toa settlement. Shortly after, while agent for a Caro-lina company, he built a fort on thesite now known as Boonesborough, andhere were fought the greatest Indianbattles in the history of that period. In 1777 that place was attacked sev-eral times by bands of Indians, whowere repulsed with heavy losses. Onthe 6th of August, 1777, that famousbattle of Boonesborough was fought;450 Indians l
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