Boone: A Biography (80 page)

Virginia militia, as officer in,
147
–52,
218
,
239
,
303
,
376

as “white Indian,”
xviii
,
110
,
151
,
248
,
278

as woodsman, xxv,
9
,
10
,
18
,
347
,
379
,
397
,
427

wounded fighting Indians,
219
,
264
,
266
,
275

Boone, Daniel Morgan (son),
128
,
287
,
365
,
366
,
370
,
376
,
381
,
408
,
414

Brushy Creek cabin,
383
–84

described,
418

as hunter,
375
,
402
–4

marriage of,
397

Missouri home,
396
,
397
,
409
,
423
,
427

Missouri land,
391
–92,
396

Boone, Deborah Howell (aunt),
6
,
8
,
9

Boone, Edward (Ned, brother),
60
,
74
,
75
,
84

killed by the Shawnees,
301
–2,
429

Boone, George (brother),
84

Boone, George, II (great grandfather),
2
,
3

Boone, George, III (grandfather),
8
,
18
,
192
–93

birth of,
2
,
3

confession to Society of Friends,
3
–4,
26

life in Pennsylvania,
6
,
7

move to Pennsylvania,
3
,
5
,
192
–93

Boone, George, IV (uncle),
3
,
6
,
8
,
9

Boone, Isaac (cousin),
114

Boone, Isaiah (nephew),
115
,
255

Boone, Israel (brother),
26
,
29
,
52
,
284

Boone, Israel (son),
52
,
287
,
302
,
358

Battle of the Blue Licks,
320
,
323
,
325
–26,
329
,
346

burial of,
329
–30

death of,
325
–26,
329
,
333
,
346
,
429

Boone, James (grandson),
419
–20,
427

Boone, James (son),
52
,
132
–33,
136
–37,
139
,
140
,
429

Boone, James (uncle),
3
,
6

Boone, Jane VanCleve (sister-in-law),
133
,
194
,
393

Boone, Jesse (nephew),
52

Boone, Jesse Bryan (son),
128
,
132
,
287
,
366
,
370
,
375
,
427

Boone, John (uncle),
3
,
6
,
17

Boone, Jonathan (nephew),
52

Boone, Joseph (uncle),
3
,
6

Boone, Martha Bryan (sister-in-law),
75
,
84
,
302

Boone, Mary (aunt) (d. 1696),
3

Boone, Mary Maugridge (grandmother),
3
,
5
,
6

Boone, Moses (nephew),
255
,
272

Boone, Nathan (son),
136
,
376
,
408
–9,
411
–12

birth of,
129
,
280
,
304
,
435

DB’s death and,
442
,
444

death of,
395

as debtor,
438
–39

education of,
381

as hunter,
402
,
410
–11

Kansa Indians incident of 1804,
410
–11

marriage of,
367
,
394
–95,
435

Missouri, life in,
396
–97,
427
,
435
–39

recollections of,
xxi
,
xxiii
,
43
,
45
,
60
,
66
,
70
,
71
,
80
,
82
,
83
,
93
,
95
,
108
,
114
,
129
–30,
134
,
137
,
139
,
163
,
205
,
209
,
248
,
263
,
270
,
280
,
290
,
294
–95,
299
,
303
,
304
,
319
,
321
,
325
–26,
329
,
341
,
344
,
359
,
360
,
363
,
366
,
367
,
368
,
376
,
377
,
379
,
380
,
381
,
391
,
394
,
401
,
405
,
406
,
408
,
412
,
419
–20,
422
,
423
,
425
,
426
,
427
,
430
–31,
433

return to Kentucky in 1794 or 1795,
384

salt-boiling operation,
413
–14

stone home on Femme Osage Creek,
435
–39,
442

watch as gift from DB,
438

Boone, Olive Van Bibber (daughter-in-law),
xxi
,
xxiii
,
50
,
304
,
319
,
329
,
395
,
408
–9,
411

DB’s death and,
442
,
444

marriage of,
367
,
394
–95,
435

Missouri, life in,
396
–97,
438

Boone, Rebecca Bryan (wife),
48
–55,
60
,
73
–77,
83
,
116
,
210
,
299
,
366
,
376
,
377
,
380
,
437

birth of,
48

at Boone’s Station,
287

Boone’s Tavern and,
348

courtship of,
48
–51

death and grave of,
422
–23,
427
,
444
,
445

described,
48
–49,
52
,
76
,
187
,
368

first attempt to move to Kentucky,
133
,
137

ginseng trade and,
366

leaves Boonesborough and returns to the Yadkin in 1778,
250

letter from DB after siege of Boonesborough,
275

at Marble Creek,
287

marriage of,
51

Missouri, move to and life in,
393
,
396
,
408
,
409
,
412
,
419
–20,
422

at Moore’s Fort,
148

Point Pleasant move,
370

return to Kentucky in 1794 or 1795,
381
,
382
–84,
387

reunion with DB in 1771,
128
–29

reunion with DB in 1778,
279
–81

second migration to Kentucky,
159
,
187
,
189
,
190

tales about,
xx
,
48
,
49
–51

Tory sympathies,
280
,
303

Boone, Samuel (brother),
29
,
60

Boone, Samuel (nephew),
323

Boone, Samuel (uncle),
3
,
6

Boone, Sarah Day (sister-in-law),
17
,
433

Boone, Sarah Morgan (mother),
xxiv
,
5
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
16
,
17
,
25
,
27
,
60
,
133
–34

ancestry, xxvi

DB’s relationship with,
9
,
10
,
133

death of,
283
–84

described,
7

marriage of,
6
,
7

Boone, Sarah Uppey (great grandmother),
2

Boone, Sara Lewis (daughter-in-law),
397
,
408

Boone, Squire (brother),
60
,
75
,
84
,
85
,
86
,
180
,
197
,
420

Boonesborough and,
180
,
194
,
251
,
258
,
265
,
266
,
270

death of,
440

expedition of 1769–71 and,
106
,
107
–9,
116
–17,
121
–23,
340

Florida expedition of 1765,
82

Harrodsburg lot,
145

Kentucky, move to,
133
,
137

Missouri territory, move to,
392
,
393

Wilderness Road and,
164

wounded at Boonesborough,
265
,
266
,
270
,
275

Boone, Squire (father),
5
,
13
,
15
,
17
,
26
,
60
,
341
,
391
,
431
,
435

birth of,
3

as blacksmith,
8
,
14

death and burial of,
81
–82,
284

described,
6
–7,
8

Freemasons and,
26
–27,
60

as gunsmith,
14
,
247
,
249

herds,
8
,
10
,
13

as landowner,
10
,
32
–33,
36
,
65

as magistrate and justice of the peace,
36
,
51

marriage of,
6
,
7

move from Pennsylvania,
25
–30,
32

Boone, Squire (nephew),
323

Boone, Thomas (nephew),
323
–24

Boone, William (cousin),
9

Boone, William (son),
187

Boone Creek,
66
,
286

Boone Falls,
66

Boonesborough,
xviii
,
174
–98,
305
,
316

clearing land and planting crops,
176
–77,
178
–79,
189
–90,
195
,
196

DB’s cabin,
189

DB’s promise of surrender to Blackfish,
228
–30,
242
,
255
,
256
–57

defense of, as key to control of the Ohio Valley,
267

deteriorating conditions in 1777,
223
–26

end of the siege,
274
–75

fort,
174
–75,
176
,
177
–78,
185
,
188
,
189
,
212
,
218
,
219
,
221
,
251
,
252
,
259
–60,
265
–74,
285

gunpowder supplies,
197
–98,
216
,
225

hunting rules,
78

Indian relations,
194
–95,
199
–200,
202
–13,
216
,
218
–21,
228

kidnapping of Jemima Boone and the Callaway daughters,
202
–13,
429

land claims,
185
,
188
,
192
,
195

lead supplies,
216
–17

naming of,
174

salt supplies,
184
,
186
,
188

settlers, described,
175
–76

Shawnee expedition against,
52
,
242
–43,
249
,
251
–74,
275

Boone’s Cave,
115

Boone’s Creek,
358
–59

Boone’s Gap (Sand Gap),
97

Boone’s Knob,
116
,
130

Boone’s Lick,
413
–14,
424

Boone’s Lick Road,
424

Boone’s Station,
285
–88,
299
,
314
,
316
,
333

DB’s cabin at,
285
,
287
–88,
435

DB’s move to,
277
,
285
–86

stockade at,
287

Boone’s Tavern,
346
,
348
,
370
,
374

Boone’s Trace,
see
Wilderness Road

Bowman, Col. John,
222
,
226
,
297

Braddock, Gen. Edward,
43
,
44
–45

Bradford, John,
330

Bradley, James,
431

Bridger, Jim,
403
,
454

Bridges, James,
418

Britain,
40
–43

American Revolution,
see
American Revolution

DB’s relationship with the British, while captive of the Shawnees,
238
–39

Shawnee expedition against Kentucky in 1778 and,
252
–53,
268
,
273

treaties with the Indians,
88
–89,
134
–35,
154
,
172