. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. frequently besiegedby the Indians, bat successfully resisted each attack until at length theIndians retired. In 1704, having lost his lands in Kentucky by meansof a defective title, and through some hunters hearing of the wonder-ous fertility of the soil west of the Mississippi River and the greatabundance of game; he resolved to emigrate west, locating in what isnow known as Warren coimty, Missouri, where the Spanish author-ities gave him a grant of 2,000 acres of land. He had a great love forthe wilderness, and sp
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. frequently besiegedby the Indians, bat successfully resisted each attack until at length theIndians retired. In 1704, having lost his lands in Kentucky by meansof a defective title, and through some hunters hearing of the wonder-ous fertility of the soil west of the Mississippi River and the greatabundance of game; he resolved to emigrate west, locating in what isnow known as Warren coimty, Missouri, where the Spanish author-ities gave him a grant of 2,000 acres of land. He had a great love forthe wilderness, and spent much of his time at his favorite occupationof hunting and trapping bears, heing the chief hero among the manyrude and picturesque figures of the frontier. Countless stories arerelated of his many adventures and hair-breath escapes. His deathoccurred September 26, 1820, in his house which was a stonestructure, in St. Charles county, the first of its kind erected in thestate. His body was buried in a cherry coffin prepared by himself, POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 43. DANIEL BOONE AND HIS FAITHFUL DOG. hut was removed and with that of his wife, afterwards interred withbecoming honors at Frankfort, Ky., In 1845. The accompanying ilhistration is a faithful copy of his onlyoriginal portrait in existence, which was painted from life hy ChesterHarding, and now hangs in the Kentucky state house at Frankfort. 44 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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