Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . South Frankfort. Pop. 1850, 4,372; 1856, about 6,500. Daniel Boone.—Few men of such humble pretensions occupy so largea space in history as Daniel Boone. His heroism as an explorer, pioneer,settler, and patriotic defender of the soil he had won by his courage in thepath of the discoverer, partakes so largely of the spirit of chivalry, and trueromance, that we incontinently look upon him with a sentiment of hero-worship. Fie was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1734. Whileyet a boy, his family settled near the banks of the ya<3kin, i
Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . South Frankfort. Pop. 1850, 4,372; 1856, about 6,500. Daniel Boone.—Few men of such humble pretensions occupy so largea space in history as Daniel Boone. His heroism as an explorer, pioneer,settler, and patriotic defender of the soil he had won by his courage in thepath of the discoverer, partakes so largely of the spirit of chivalry, and trueromance, that we incontinently look upon him with a sentiment of hero-worship. Fie was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1734. Whileyet a boy, his family settled near the banks of the ya<3kin, in North Caro-lina. It wa* about 20 years later than this when Boone first penetrated thegreat wilderness valley of the Mississippi, in company with others, on along hunt of about three years. He had made himself acquainted with thehardships of border life, and, in 1773, in company with other families, heBtarted with his own, to make a settlement on the Xain-tvit-ee river. Theliustile Indians compelled them to fall back, and Boone resided for two. 9^cr^A PLACES ON THE OHIO KIVER. 87 years on the Clerich river, when he went forward and planted Boories-borough, in Madison county, Kentucky; soon after which a few otherfamilies joined him. His wife and daughters were the first white womenever seen upon the banks of the Kentucky river. He became a greatannoyance to the Indians; and while at the Blue Licks, on the Lickingriver, in February, 1778, engaged with others in making salt, he was cap-tured by some of the Shawnees, and taken to Chillicothe. The Indiansbecame attached to him, and he was adopted into a family as a son. Aransom of $500 was oftered for him, but the Indians refused it. He atlength escaped (in .July following his capture), when he ascertained thata large body of Indians were preparing to march against attacked that station three times, and were repulsed. He returnedto Kentucky in 1780, with his family, and assisted Colonel Clarke in hisoperation
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