Boone: A Biography (69 page)

68
“
he never crossed a route
” W. W. Lenon to Lyman Copeland Draper, October 20, 1882, DM9C216[2].

68
They named the place Wolf Hills
Lewis Preston Summers,
Annals of Southwestern Virginia History, 1769–1800
, 76; Archibald Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 134.

69
referred to as a “Boone
” John Mack Faragher,
Daniel Boone
, 54.

69
to be called an excellent hunter
Stephen Aron,
How the West Was Lost
, 27.

69
the gentry resented their
Aron, 15.

69
“
strait to them all with unerring accuracy
” John C. Barkley to Draper, January 22, 1887. DM9C230[2].

69
“
I wouldn’t give a tinker’s damn
” and the other quotes in this paragraph James Van Noppen and Ina Woestemeyer Van Noppen,
Daniel Boone Backwoodsman
, 191–92.

70
“
the habit of contemplation
” John Mason Peck,
Life of Daniel Boone
, 18.

70
“
If a man would be alone
” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature,” in
Emerson’s Prose and Poetry
, 28.

71
Boone learned to watch the direction
Hammon, ed., 17.

71
“
In middle life, he read
” Hammon, ed., 139.

71
“
His worship was in secret
” Hammon, ed., 139.

71
“
Ah, Wide Mouth
” Draper interview with George Smith 1844, DM32S481. See also DM31C31 and DM2B157–158.

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“
Tawbers no make so
” Wellborn Coffey to Draper, September 28, 1884, DM19C240.

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“
Daniel Boone / come on boys
” Joe Nickell and John F. Fischer, “Daniel Boone Fakelore,” 464–65.

74
“
When Boone returned home
” Elizabeth A. Perkins,
Border Life
, 26.

74
Ned “looked so much like Daniel
” Silas W. Parris, writing for Thomas Norman to Draper, October 15 and November 3, 1884, DM2C53.

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In almost all versions
Faragher, 59–60.

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witnesses such as James Norman have so many facts wrong
Ken Kamper letter to the author, March 2005.

75
“
he brought his family back to the Yadkin
” H. Addington Bruce,
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road
, 43.

75
The genealogist Spraker
, Hazel Atterbury Spraker,
The Boone Family
, 119.

76
“
She had supposed him dead
” Stephen Hempstead to Draper, February 15, 1863, DM16C76[2].

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frontier culture in the eighteenth century was
Faragher, 60–61.

77
“
You had better have staid at home
” Stephen Cooper interview with Draper, 1889, DM11C101.

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essentially a poet
Timothy Flint,
Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone
, 63.

79
“
slow pay” and as “not thrifty
” J. Rumple to Draper, August 30, 1883, DM8C190[2].

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“
geography and locography of these woods
” Henderson, 109.

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“
I am richer than the man
” Bruce, 47.

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Nathan Boone would later say
Hammon, ed., 17.

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to “God and man by . . . the circumference
” and “
the Divine Spirit indwelling
” Arthur Edward Waite,
The New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 2:
111–12.

81
a symbol of the creation of the world
Robert Macoy,
A Dictionary of Freemasonry
, 311.

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One document from the trip records
“Daniel Boone’s Account Book,” ca. 1765, DM4C75[2].

82
“
Slaughter was fond of gambling
” Hammon, ed., 15–16.

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muddy trails and swamps, with little game
Ruben Gold Thwaites,
Daniel Boone
, 65.

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“
The place is getting entirely too
” J. Rumple to Draper ca. 1885, DM8C182[5].

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They had many narrow escapes
Thwaites, 67.

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“
leading to the Mesopotamia of Kentucky
” Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 140.

85
His plan was to reach
Bruce, 48.

86
He entertained the folks
Moses Boone to Draper, fall 1846, DM19C3.

Five: Visions of Eden

88
Considering the Six Nations the slaves of
Gregory Evans Dowd,
A Spirited Resistance
, 43.

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“
Kentucky was, first and perhaps foremost
” Daniel Blake Smith, “This Idea in Heaven,” 77.

90
“
the dark and bloody ground
” John Filson,
The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke
, 8.

90
“
the meadow-land
” George R. Stewart,
American Place Names
, 237.

90
“
Bloody River
” George Morgan Chinn,
Kentucky Settlement and Statehood, 1750–1800
, 9.

90
It has even been suggested
Arthur K. Moore,
The Frontier Mind
, 13.

90
“
the land of tomorrow
” Chinn, 7.

90
“Kain-tuck-ee
is a Shawanese word
” John Mason Peck,
Life of Daniel Boone
, 26n. 90
an invention of the whites
Neal O. Hammon, “Separating Facts from Myth,” 6.

90
it was favored by the Cherokees
Thomas P. Field, “The Indian Place Names of Kentucky,” 18.

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Whatever they called it
Moore, 4.

91
we find this record of the
Salisbury District Superior Court,
Trial, App
., &
Reference Dock, 1770
, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Courtesy of Kathryn Weiss. 92 “
He wasn’t just bird counting
” Thomas D. Clark,
Frankfort State Journal
. 92 “
He was considered the Patrick Henry of North Carolina
” Lyman Copeland Draper,
The Life of Daniel Boone
, 331.

92
“
As confidential agent of the land company
” Archibald Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 149.

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his father was not employed
Neal O. Hammon, ed.,
My Father, Daniel Boone
, 17.

93
“
[Boone] had the honor
” Jethro Rumple to Lyman Copeland Draper, August 3, 1883, DM8C190[1].

93
Archibald Henderson wrote that Boone
Archibald Henderson,
The Significance of the Transylvania Company
, 11.

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A descendant of Nathaniel Hart later said
JDS interview with Nathaniel Hart Jr., DM17CC204.

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“
My father even said he never
” Hammon, ed., 29.

95
Ouasiota,
according to some
Chinn, 18.

95
sciota
means “deer
” Field, “The Indian Place Names of Kentucky,” 18.

95
“
Path of the Armed Ones
” David M. Burns,
Gateway
, 16.

95
“
some parts of [the trails] had become worn down
” William E. Myer,
Indian Trails of the Southeast
, 743–44.

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“
Stand at Cumberland Gap
” Frederick Jackson Turner,
The Frontier in American History
, 35.

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“
this important difference
” Draper, 211.

97
“
What Daniel Boone saw from Pilot Knob
” Moore, 3.

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“
On the seventh day of June following
” Filson, 51.

98
Some say bluegrass came from England
Gerald R. Alvey,
Kentucky Blue-grass Country
, 15.

99
According to the historian George W. Ranck
George W. Ranck,
Boones-borough
, 18n3.

99
Christopher Gist had noted
Chinn, 15.

99
the Iroquois had cleared the region
Stephen Aron,
How the West Was Lost
, 7.

99
“
The realized niche
” Nancy O’Malley,
Stockading Up
, 310.

99
Recently ecologists studying the records
Julian J. N. Campbell,
The Land of Cane and Clover
, 9.

99
The botanist Short in 1828
C. W. Short, “Prodomos Florula Lexingtoniensis, Secundum Florens Di Oestatum Digeste,” 1:252.

99
Some said there were no leaves American Museum
11 (1792): 12, quoted in Moore, 12.

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George Croghan, a trader who
A. Gwyn Henderson, “The Lower Shawnee Town on Ohio,” 30.

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“
[T]he skin was thoroughly rubbed across
” Draper, 212.

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“
He was on a mission
” William Gilmore Simms, “Daniel Boone—The First Hunter in Kentucky,” 157.

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“
Here the mother that he had worshiped
” Charles Wilkins Webber,
The Hunter Naturalist
, 168.

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“
[Boone] only felt yearnings
” Webber, 162.

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Elk hides were cut up
Thwaites, 75.

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“
In the decline of the day
” Filson, 52.

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quickly hide the accumulated pelts
Hammon, ed., 24.

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“
for this is Indian’s hunting ground
” Draper, 216.

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“
[t]he Shawness . . . were a scattered people
” Stephen Aron, “Pigs and Hunters,” 186n22.

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Different groups of Indians lived
Colin G. Calloway,
The American Revolution in Indian Country
, 16, 161.

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At Chillicothe at least three languages
Aron, “Pigs and Hunters,” 186.

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Indians had fought among themselves
Aron, “Pigs and Hunters,” 187.

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The Reverend David McClure recorded
Aron, “Pigs and Hunters,” 188.

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“
Steal horse, ha?
” Hammon, ed., 25.

105
Boone later said he was pretty sure
Filson, 52.

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“
Our meeting so fortunately
” Filson, 53.

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According to some reports
Thwaites, 79.

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Archibald Henderson would state positively
Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 153.

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Boone never saw John Findley again
Draper, 224n24.

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“
Saith that in the year 1770
” Deposition to Commission, September 15, 1796 in Clark County Kentucky, before George Smith, DM4C93.

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“
My father always thought that Stewart
” Hammon, ed., 29.

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“
We were then in a dangerous, helpless
” Filson, 53.

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“
He now proceeded to make
” Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 155–56.

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“
Boone deliberately chose the peace
” William Carlos Williams,
In the American Grain
, 131.

111
“
The idea of a beloved wife
” Filson, 54.

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“
naturally romantic and fond of the chase
”“A Traveler,”
Cincinnati National Republican
, August 19, 1823, DM16C67.

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“
seven elephants
” Draper, 248n17.

112
“
giant sloths and giant beaver bones
” Thomas Ashe,
Travels in America
, 40–49.

112
cure “the itch by once bathing
” Filson, 33.

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Other formations were called
J. C. Currens, “Caves,” 174–76.

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“
While I was looking at him
” Hammon, ed., 32.

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“
It was understood
Hammon, ed., 32.

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“
and it may have been the means
” Draper, 245.

115
“
D.B.—1770” carved on it
Draper, 245.

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Boone was surprised by Indians
Draper, 245.

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took a leap
DM3B37 Draper interview with “Mr. Wolf,” n.d., DM31C1[41].

115
“
To many it would have been the means
” W. H. Bogart,
Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky
, 77.

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“
For three months he was alone
” Williams, 136.

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“
seen deep truths about himself
” Bruce Selcraig, “The Real Robinson Crusoe,” 89.

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They killed the mother wolf
Draper, 247.

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“
But if a man would be alone
” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature,” in
Emerson’s Prose and Poetry
, 28.

118
“
Prayer is the contemplation of
” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self- Reliance,” in
Emerson’s Prose and Poetry
, 132.

119
George Washington, who owned tracts
O’Malley, 13.

119
“
[Washington] looked west to the land
” Joseph J. Ellis,
His Excellency
, 39.

119
When Washington renovated
Ellis, 53.

120
“
Upon a large, spreading beech tree
” Draper, 263.

120
It was Daniel Boone, alone in the forest
Draper, 264.

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“
‘Bledsoe told me,’ says General Hall
” Draper, 264; Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 128–29.