Our country in story . lo. Thehuge, clumsy buffalo had trodden down the young treesand bushes about many of the springs. In some instancesthe ground thus left bare was covered with a rich growthof red clover. For months Boone and his companionsenjoyed such hunting as had perhaps never fallen to thelot of any other American hunter. But they were soonto learn that the Indians meant Kentucky to be no-mansland and that, whoever should enter it, would be regardedas a foe. Boone and one of his companions, named Stewart,were one day captured by the redmen. Both soon escapedand returned to camp, only
Our country in story . lo. Thehuge, clumsy buffalo had trodden down the young treesand bushes about many of the springs. In some instancesthe ground thus left bare was covered with a rich growthof red clover. For months Boone and his companionsenjoyed such hunting as had perhaps never fallen to thelot of any other American hunter. But they were soonto learn that the Indians meant Kentucky to be no-mansland and that, whoever should enter it, would be regardedas a foe. Boone and one of his companions, named Stewart,were one day captured by the redmen. Both soon escapedand returned to camp, only to find the rest of the party 216 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY gone and the hut in ashes. Nothing whatever could belearned concerning the fate of the four missing men. Meanwhile Boones family and other relatives had be-come quite alarmed over his long absence, and SquireBoone was sent out in search of his brother. Thus ithappened that Daniel and Squire Boone one day met un-expectedly in the woods. The meeting was a most joyful. A HERD OF BUFFALO one. But the gladness of the brothers was changed tosorrow when, soon after, Stewart was shot and scalpedby the Indians. The two Boones passed the winter together withoutany further Indian attacks. But they did not ventureto do much hunting, and when springtime came theyhad not gathered enough peltries to make a tive-hundred-mile trip to the nearest market worth while. But theysorely needed ammunition, so Squire returned to NorthCarolina for supplies. Few men could have endured being thus left alone asDaniel was without even a dog or a horse for a companion. WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI 217 But the sturdy backwoodsman spent no time in bemoan-ing his lonely lot. He explored the wilderness, followingthe buffalo trails to the salt licks, and the rivers to theirsources and mouths. He studied the country and itsvegetation, and marked good locations for all these roamings he was in constant danger ofIndian attacks, and therefore always
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