. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. had gone to fetch. For nearly a year longer thebrothers ranged the forest with a fearlessness andhardihood scarcely credible. Finally, in March,1771, they left their wild haunts, and set out fortheir homes in North Carolina. The journey wasmade in safety; and Daniel Boone, after an absenceof two years, during which time he had tasted neitherbread nor salt, and seen no human being but hisbrother, his unfortunate companions, and his savageenemies, once more enjoy
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. had gone to fetch. For nearly a year longer thebrothers ranged the forest with a fearlessness andhardihood scarcely credible. Finally, in March,1771, they left their wild haunts, and set out fortheir homes in North Carolina. The journey wasmade in safety; and Daniel Boone, after an absenceof two years, during which time he had tasted neitherbread nor salt, and seen no human being but hisbrother, his unfortunate companions, and his savageenemies, once more enjoyed, for a time, the quietsand comforts of domestic peace. Before many months had passed, Boone, tiring ofhis uneventful life, formed the resolution to removehis family to the beautiful and delightful country whichhad been to him the source of so much agreeable ad-venture. Accordingly, on the 26th of September,1773, he started with his wife and children and abody of emigrants for Kentucky. In Powells valley the party was joined by fivemore families and a reinforcement of forty men wellarmed. The whole body now consisted of nearly. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF BOONE. 343 eighty persons,—certainly a sufficient number to in-spire confidence in the hearts of even the mosttimorous. Marching across the ridges of the Alleghanies,the emigrants enjoyed a safe and agreeable jour-ney until they reached the west side of Waldensridge, a range of the Cumberland Mountains. Theywere here destined to experience a most appallingreverse of fortune. On the ioth of October, while they were makingtheir way through a narrow defile, a terrible yellsuddenly burst from a neighboring wood, and anIndian war-party rushed forward, surrounded them,and, before the men had time to repel the attack,discharged a volley into their midst. Six men werekilled and a seventh man wounded. Boone immedi-ately rallied his party; a general discharge followed,many of the Indians fell, and the rest of the attack-ing party, who
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