Read Boone: A Biography Online
Authors: Robert Morgan
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Historical, #Adventurers & Explorers
traps,
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Beard, Dan,
448
Beaver Creek,
84
Belue, Ted Franklin,
xxiii
,
55
,
168
,
225
,
283
,
364
Benge, Tom (Cherokee Chief),
139
Big Bone Lick,
112
Big Jim (Shawnee),
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,
138
,
354
,
356
,
429
Big Sandy River,
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,
86
,
382
–83,
384
Big Sky, The
(Guthrie),
447
Bingham, George Caleb,
188
–89,
448
,
449
Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone
(Flint),
xx
Bird, Capt. Henry (British commander),
298
Blackfish (Shawnee chief),
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–22,
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,
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DB as Shawnee prisoner and adopted son of,
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,
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–43,
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–49,
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,
355
,
429
death of,
297
expedition against Boonesborough and,
248
–49,
251
–74
negotiations with DB before the siege at Boonesborough,
255
–64,
429
son of, possibly killed by DB,
209
,
237
Blevens Connection,
80
Bloody Riot Act,
125
bluegrass,
98
–99
Blue Jacket (Shawnee chief),
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–66,
381
Blue Licks, Battle of the,
46
,
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–31,
332
,
333
,
335
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,
345
–46
burial of the dead,
329
–30
casualties,
325
chain of command in,
316
–17
conference of officers by the Licking River,
318
–20
DB’s loss of temper,
319
,
320
,
328
–29
DB warns of an ambush,
318
–19
horses and booty taken by the Indians,
323
,
325
as last major battle of the American Revolution,
327
map,
308
as partial defeat for the British and their Indian allies,
330
prisoners taken by the Indians,
327
Blue Ridge Mountains,
66
,
67
,
73
,
84
,
95
boating in the West,
370
,
371
–72,
399
Bogart, W. H.,
10
,
17
,
115
–16,
159
Boone, Daniel
1734–1750,
9
–23
1751–1755,
25
–45
1756–1759,
46
–61
1760–1768,
65
–87
1769–1771,
88
–123
1772–1774,
126
–52
1775,
153
–90
1775–1776,
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–213
1777–1778,
216
–36
1778,
237
–65
1778–1779,
266
–81
1779–1782,
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–307
1782,
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–34
1783–1785,
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–51
1786–1788,
352
–71
1789–1797,
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–87
1798–1808,
389
–416
1809–1820,
417
–45
ancestry, xxvi,
1
–4
autobiographies, lost,
423
,
425
–26
Battle of the Blue Licks,
316
–31,
333
,
335
,
338
,
345
–46
biographers,
xx
–xxiii,
335
–45,
382
,
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,
426
,
428
,
447
birth of,
9
as businessman,
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,
31
–32,
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–80,
192
–93,
282
,
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–91,
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,
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–48,
356
–57,
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–61,
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–71,
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–79,
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–93
carving of his initials or name,
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,
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,
116
,
130
,
196
carving of powder horns,
377
,
440
character of,
xviii
,
xx
, xxvi,
12
,
20
–21,
291
,
296
childhood of,
9
–21
chronology of life of,
xiii
–xvi
as commissary to Virginia militia forces,
377
–79,
386
court-martial and exoneration,
xvii
,
275
–79,
338
,
353
death and funeral of,
437
,
442
–45
as debtor,
xvii
–xviii,
xx
,
65
,
78
–80,
87
,
91
,
93
,
109
,
116
,
126
,
129
,
133
,
346
,
361
,
362
,
375
,
402
,
423
,
430
,
431
,
437
defining moment for,
94
described, as older man,
380
,
441
documents of land deals, loss of,
359
education of,
xviii
,
10
,
16
–18,
344
escape from the Shawnees and return to Boonesborough,
249
–51
explorations,
68
,
89
–123,
126
–28,
424
,
425
extended forays into the wilderness,
30
–31,
110
–18,
120
–23,
126
–28,
340
,
342
,
424
–25,
427
fame, international,
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,
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–xx,
288
,
335
,
337
,
375
–76
as family man,
xx
,
20
,
52
,
55
,
158
,
302
,
433
,
440
–41,
455
,
456
farming and,
36
,
53
,
55
,
65
,
75
–76,
80
,
86
,
128
,
288
,
304
,
437
Fayette County militia and,
307
,
314
,
316
–32
as figure of folklore,
xix
,
287
,
299
–301
Florida expedition of 1765,
82
–83
fur trade and,
see
furs and fur trade, DB and
as ginseng digger and trader,
69
,
359
,
366
–68,
370
,
375
gunpowder, ability to make,
224
–25,
240
,
403
“habit of contemplation,”
70
health of,
379
–80,
383
,
389
,
397
,
402
,
415
–16,
425
–26,
435
,
439
as hunter,
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,
13
,
14
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18
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31
,
37
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39
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–56,
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–61,
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–72,
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–78,
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–7,
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–17,
130
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193
–94,
226
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291
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–300,
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–80,
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–83,
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401
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,
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–12,
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–16,
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–19,
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,
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,
435
,
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illegitimate child, rumors of,
xxii
–xxiii,
73
–77,
128
,
280
Indians, relationship with,
see
Native Americans;
names of individuals, specific tribes, and specific events
as justice of the peace,
222
,
404
Kentucky and,
see
Kentucky
kidnapping of Jemima and,
206
–9,
429
as landowner,
65
,
80
,
83
,
162
,
185
,
191
–93,
196
,
202
,
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,
286
,
289
–90,
333
,
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–48,
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,
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–401,
414
–15,
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lawsuits against,
91
,
93
,
129
,
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–59,
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,
369
,
384
,
387
,
437
as legend,
57
–58,
118
,
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–301,
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,
343
,
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–35,
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–49,
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,
453
–56,
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as legislator,
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,
302
,
303
–4,
366
,
376
–77
loyalty of, questioning of,
xvii
,
xviii
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–40,
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,
251
,
252
,
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,
257
,
262
,
275
–79,
303
,
338
,
352
–53,
363
,
412
marriage of,
51
Missouri land claims,
414
–15,
417
,
418
,
423
,
428
,
430
Missouri territory, move to and life in,
389
,
393
–95
as money lender,
359
–60
North Carolina militia and,
43
,
45
offensive against Ohio Indians of 1786,
353
–56
personality of,
10
,
20
–21,
27
,
57
,
133
,
192
–93,
237
,
240
,
278
,
380
,
406
,
439
,
448
physical endurance,
16
portraits, iv,
441
–42
resourcefulness,
299
road building and, xxv–xxvi,
157
–59,
163
–69,
384
–86
robbed on trip to Williamsburg in March 1780,
292
–96,
359
as scout and guide,
132
as Shawnee prisoner,
40
,
52
,
102
–6,
213
,
227
–49,
253
,
355
Shawnee wife, possibility of a,
243
,
280
as slave owner and trader,
348
,
361
,
362
as storyteller and wit,
69
–70,
71
,
247
,
281
surname, origin of, xxvi
as surveyor,
xvii
,
79
,
197
,
282
,
289
,
290
,
292
,
304
,
346
,
349
–51,
361
,
370
,
376
,
386
–87,
392
–93
as syndic,
395
–96,
401
,
402
,
404
–7
as tracker,
20