. Indian history for young folks . a long and fatiguing journey through a mountain wil-derness, in a westward direction, on the Tth day of June following wefound ourselves on Red River, where Finley had formerly traded with theIndians, and from the top of an eminence saw with pleasure the beauti-ful land of Kentucky. At this place we camped, and begun to hunt and reconnoitre thecountry. We found abundance of game of all sorts. The buffalo were * Sec Boones narrative ot his own adventures, by Filson THE BACKWOODSMEN OF KEMTtKY. 31 more plenty than the cattle in the settlements ; the numbers abo
. Indian history for young folks . a long and fatiguing journey through a mountain wil-derness, in a westward direction, on the Tth day of June following wefound ourselves on Red River, where Finley had formerly traded with theIndians, and from the top of an eminence saw with pleasure the beauti-ful land of Kentucky. At this place we camped, and begun to hunt and reconnoitre thecountry. We found abundance of game of all sorts. The buffalo were * Sec Boones narrative ot his own adventures, by Filson THE BACKWOODSMEN OF KEMTtKY. 31 more plenty than the cattle in the settlements ; the numbers about thesalt springs were amazing. We hunted with great success until the 2*2d day of December. Thisday John Stewart and 1 had a pleasing ramble, but fortune changed thescene in the close of it. Near theKentucky River, as we ascended thebrow of a small hill, a number ofIndians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us and made us prison-ers. They plundered us of whatwe had, and kept us in confinementseven days, treating us with com-. DANIEL BOONE. mon savage usage. During this time we discov-ered no uneasiness or desire to es-cape, which made them less suspi-cious of us, but in the dead of night,when they were asleep, I awoke mycompanion and we departed. Atthis time my brother, Squire Boone,who had come to find me, acciden-tally came upon our camp. This fortunate meeting gave us the utmostsatisfaction. Finding a needle in a hay-mow would seem an easier was soon afterwards killed by the savages. On the 1st day of May, 1770, my brother returned home for a newrecruit of horses and ammunition, leaving me by myself without bread,salt, or sugar, without company of my fellow-creatures, or even a horse ordog. In this lonely situation Boone was constantly exposed to danger anddeath. To dispel its gloom and melancholy he made frequent explorationsof the country. He did not confine his lodging to his camp, but oftenreposed in thick canebrakes to avoid the savages who, as he beli
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