Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . ir terribledanger. They had feared that they should neversee their homes or parents again. They hadbeen taken thirty miles from the fort. The jour-ney back seemed much shorter. No words cantell how great was their joy at being free fromthe Indians. VI. BOONES CAPTURE. One thing that the people needed very muchin the fort was salt. Not far away were somesprings where the water that came up was verysalty. Such places were called salt-licks, becausemany animals used to come here to lick theground about the spring, for animals, too, needsalt. A salt-li
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . ir terribledanger. They had feared that they should neversee their homes or parents again. They hadbeen taken thirty miles from the fort. The jour-ney back seemed much shorter. No words cantell how great was their joy at being free fromthe Indians. VI. BOONES CAPTURE. One thing that the people needed very muchin the fort was salt. Not far away were somesprings where the water that came up was verysalty. Such places were called salt-licks, becausemany animals used to come here to lick theground about the spring, for animals, too, needsalt. A salt-lick was a good place to go men could hide in the bushes near it, andwhen the animals came, it was easy to shoot them. Daniel Boone. 41 Men also came here to get salt for boiled the salt water a long time. At lastthe water would disappear, and leave the salt. One day Boone and some other hunters wentto a salt-lick to make salt. Suddenly a numberof Indians rushed out, captured Boone, and car-ried him away many ANIMALS AT A SALT-LICK. The Indians watched him very closely. Theydid not intend to let him escape this time. Asbefore, he acted as if he w^ere willing to stay withthem. They soon grew very fond of him. An Indianadopted him in place of a son that he had head w^as shaved like an Indians, and hisface was painted until he looked like one. 42 Stones of Pioneer Life. Sometimes they let him go out to hunt. Theymade him show game for every bullet they gavehim. But he was sharper than they were. He cutthe bullets in two, and saved half for was getting ready to run away. VII. HIS ESCAPE. Boone stayed with the Indians a long time, forhe found no chance to escape. The people atthe fort thought that he was dead, and his wifewent back to her old home. One day he heard the Indians planning to goto his home, break down the fort, and kill thesettlers. He knew then that he must escape tosave his peoplCo The next morning he started out t
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