Boone: A Biography (73 page)

285
One British traveler of the time
Durrett Collection, University of Chicago, Codex 67.

286
“
The day is so cold . . . and the ink
” John Floyd to Col. William Preston, December 19, 1779, DM17CC123.

286
“
A number of people would be Taken sick
” Daniel Trabue,
Westward into Kentucky
, 75.

287
“
They could hardly drive them off
” Elizabeth Boone Scholl to Draper, January 5, 1856, DM23C104[2].

287
“
Old woman, we must move
” Christopher Mann to Draper, October 15, 1885, DM15C26[2].

289
“
Some even sold the same tract
” Neal O. Hammon, “Settlers, Land Jobbers, and Outlyers,” 241.

289
“
He should have part of the land claimed
” James Bridges Deposition, January 21, 1816, DM27C84.

290
“
Wm. Mountjoy, surveyor of Pendleton Co.
” Durrett Collection, R. H. Collins Papers, Box 1, Folder 4.

290
Nathan Boone said at one time his father
Neal O. Hammon, ed.,
My Father, Daniel Boone
, 110.

290
“
He had no problem running simple square
” Hammon, ed., 111.

291
“
Hospitality and kindness are among the virtues
” John Mason Peck,
Life of Daniel Boone
, 148.

291
“
I am afraid to lose sight of my house
” Reuben Gold Thwaites,
Daniel Boone
, 131.

292
“
In the spring of 1780 three hundred boatloads
” Rice, 102.

292
“
The 2000 acres of Land you ar to make me a titel
” Bakeless, 343.

293
Recent scholarship has thrown new light
Neal O. Hammon, “The Boone Robbery,” 3.

293
“
[It is] uninhabited Country the most rugged
” Hammon, “The Boone Robbery,” 2.

294
Only the small amount of money
Draper interview with Nathan and Olive Boone, 1851, DM6S146.

295
“
The door was found open next morning
” Hammon, ed., 71.

295
“
Receipts from Public Auditors
” Hammon, “The Boone Robbery,” 1.

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“
I feel for the poor people
” Bakeless, 245–46; DM33S324–325;
Presbyterian Historical Society Journal
14 (1930–31): 343.

296
Likewise with the most famous
Draper, 400–401n1.

297
“
A Major [Boone] and thirty-seven Americans
” Barnhart,
Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution
, 36.

297
“
made a broken trip of it
” Trabue, 68.

297
“
Hardly a week passes without someone
” John Floyd to Col. William Preston, May 31, 1780, DM17CC127–128.

298
“
fell by the wayside and were
” George Morgan Chinn,
Kentucky Settlement and Statehood, 1750–1800
, 235.

298
One witness reported seeing a woman’s belly
John Mack Faragher,
Daniel Boone
, 210; William Holman to Henry Bird, August 15, 1780. Canadian Archives, Haldimand Papers 10 (1888): 418–19.

298
“
‘Found an Indian’s fingers in it’
” Lucien Beckner, “Interview with Benjamin Allen,”
Filson Club Historical Quarterly
5 (1931): 89, quoted in Daniel Blake Smith, “This Idea in Heaven,” 88. From Shane’s interview with Benjamin Allen, 1840s, DM11CC67–79.

299
“
In the town of Boonesborough
” House of Burgesses 1779, Henderson Papers.

299
“
At a short distance from his cabin
” Peck, 142.

299
“
Yes, Boone, we have got you again
” Evira L. Coshow to Draper, March 11, 1883, DM21C24[7].

299
“
The old man, in telling the story
” Peck, 144.

299
ever used tobacco in any form
Hammon, ed., 140.

300
Then the Shawnees rushed into the camp
Lawrence Elliott,
The Long Hunter
, 158.

300
While hunting by himself
Peter Houston narrative, May 2, 1842, DM20C84[22].

301
“
Edward [Ned] sat down to crack
” Daniel Bryan to Draper, April 14, 1843; DM22C7.

301
“
We have killed Daniel Boone
” Thomas S. Bouchelle to Draper, July 28, 1884, DM9C68[5].

302
but it is more likely they just took his scalp
Nancy O’Malley, in conversation with the author, March 17, 2005.

302
“
Wait a minute, Captain Boone, and I’ll go
” Hammon, ed., 73.

303
Col. William Preston wrote to John Floyd
Col. William Preston to John Floyd, June 17, 1781, DM13C21[3–17]; John Cook Wyllie, “Daniel Boone’s Adventure in Charlottesville,” 11–12.

303
“
My father was conveyed to the British
” Hammon, ed., 73.

303
“
Boone was reimbursed for his trouble
” Wyllie, 16.

304
“
I recollect very well when I saw Col. Boone
” John Redd to Draper, ca. 1848, DM10NN101; Draper, 181nb. 304 “
that the Sergeant-at-Arms attending the House
” Faragher, 214.

305
“
On March 5, 1782 Williamson and volunteers
” Neal O. Hammon,
Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks
, 11.

306
one of four thousand African Anericans
Michael Lofaro,
Daniel Boone
, 120.

307
“
Crawford died like a hero
” Mark M. Boatner III,
Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
, 306.

307
Boone realized things had taken a very serious turn
Filson, 74.

Fourteen: Father, I Won’t Leave You

309
“
Brothers, the intruders on your lands
” John Bradford,
The Voice of the Frontier
, 49–50.

310
What had once been Indian backyards
Colin G. Calloway,
The American Revolution in Indian Country
, 26.

310
“
Burned villages and crops, murdered chiefs
” Calloway, 290.

311
No one is sure why the prisoners
John Bakeless,
Daniel Boone
, 274.

311
“
The fort [Bryan’s Station] in 1782 was said to be
” Neal O. Hammon,
Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks
, 22.

311
One of the springs outside the walls
Rebecca Grant Lamond to Lyman Copeland Draper, March 22, 1853, DM22C41[2].

311
the covered spring had gone dry
Grandmother Tomlinson,
Madison Democrat
, June 11, 1876, DM13C64.

312
“
It was decided to act for a while
” Grandmother Tomlinson,
Madison Democrat
, June 11, 1876, DM13C64.

312
“
from that awful hour
” Grandmother Tomlinson,
Madison Democrat
, June 11, 1876, DM13C64.

312
“
They were not twenty steps
” Grandmother Tomlinson,
Madison Democrat
, June 11, 1876, DM13C64.

312
Because the spring was shallow in the August
Durrett,
Bryant’s Station
, 53.

313
The British officer Caldwell later said three hundred
Bennett H. Young,
The Battle of the Blue Licks
, 208.

314
“
A lighted arrow from an Indian bow
” Durrett, 42.

316
“
Know you! Know you! Yes we know
” Lambert Lilly,
The Adventures of Daniel Boone, Kentucky Rifleman
, 107.

316
“
If you and your gang of murderers
” Bradford, 53; Bakeless, 286–87.

317
Trigg had never fought Indians
Hammon, 34.

317
It is possible that Boone preferred not to wait
Hammon, 38–39.

317
The adage was that cowards did not
Young, 137.

318
“
Their camp fires were left burning
” John Mason Peck,
Life of Daniel Boone
, 118.

318
they might have walked in each other’s tracks
Robert Wickliffe, “The Life of Col. John Todd,” ms. ca. 1840s, DM5C51[8].

318
they saw some Indians hurrying
Hammon, 50.

318
“
They wish to seduce a pursuing enemy
” Robert Wickliffe, “The Life of Col. John Todd,” ms. ca. 1840s, DM5C51[8].

318
“
I caution you against crossing the river
” Bradford, 56.

319
“
Another account by Boone’s grandson was
” Hammon, 52.

319
Two men volunteered to ride
Young, 167.

319
“
By Godly,” McGary shouted
John Dabney Shane interview with Jacob Stevens ca. 1840s, DM12CC134.

319
“
I can go as far [in an Indian fight] as any man
” Hammon, ed.,
My Father, Daniel Boone
, 76.

319
Nathan’s wife, Olive, told Draper
Hammon, ed., 79.

319
“
Them that ain’t cowards follow me
” Shane interview with Jacob Stevens, ca. 1840s, DM12CC134.

320
may have paused only to cross
Hammon, 51.

320
“
We rode up within 60 yards, dismounted
” Young, 219.

321
“
You be there!
” Hammon, ed., 78.

321
“
he was only positive
” Hammon, ed., 78.

324
“
We . . . were obliged to retreat
” John Filson,
The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke
, 76.

325
“
Father, I won’t leave you
” Hammon, ed., 79.

325
“
Father used to be deeply affected
” Hammon, ed., 78.

326
Boone later decided
Hammon, ed., 77–78.

326
“
Let’s halt, boys
” Bakeless, 301; Abner Bryan to Draper, February 12–13, 1890, DM13C34–35 and DM4C50.

326
“
I cannot ever forget the part
” Young, 183; Bakeless, 302; John W. Van Cleve, “Colonel Robert Patterson,” 344–47.

327
“
did not know how many they burned
” Shane interview with Sarah Graham, ca. 1840s, DM12CC50.

327
“
Lawrence offered my father the whole
” Shane interview with Sarah Graham, ca. 1840s, DM12CC50.

327
“
The Conduct of those unfortunate Gents
” Young, 201;
Calendar of Virginia State Papers
3:345.

328
“
All our late defeats have been occasion[ed]
” Young, 221–22;
Calendar of Virginia State Papers
3:337.

328
“
Colonels Todd and Trigg were for immediate
” Peck, 129.

328
“
He was a fractious, ill tempered
” Peck to Mann Butler, January 12, 1855, Henderson Papers; Durrett Collection, Butler Papers, Box 1, Folder 1.

329
“
rather blamed himself in some degree
” Joseph Scholl to Draper, 1868, DM24S213.

329
“
Israel ought not to have gone
” Draper interview with Delinda Boone Craig, 1866, DM30C63.

329
“
Israel had long been sick
” Hammon, ed., 79–80.

329
dug a separate grave for Israel there
Faragher, 222.

330
“
A solemn silence pervaded the whole
” Bradford, 58.

330
covered with as much dirt and rocks
Bradford, 58.

331
“
I know Sir, that your Situation
” Young, 216;
Calendar of Virginia State Papers
3:275.

331
The Indians and their prisoners retreated
Neal O. Hammon and Richard Taylor,
Virginia’s Western War, 1775–1786
, 167.

331
“
But if you put them under the Direction
” Young, 216;
Calendar of Virginia State Papers
3:275.

332
“
Indian speakers in council after council
” Calloway, 273.

333
“
The mouth of Limestone Creek
” Filson, 17.

333
“
Boone wanted to examine the land
” Peter Harget Deposition, April 30, 1814, Durrett Collection, R. H. Collins Papers, Box 1, Folder 4, 107.

Fifteen: Filson, Fame, and Failure

335
“
Two darling sons, and a brother, have I lost
” John Filson,
The Discovery
,
Settlement and Present State of Kentucke
, 80.

336
“
The earliest references to Filson
” John Walton,
John Filson of Kentucke
, 27.

336
“
from his own mouth
” Filson, 6.

336
Boone certified the story true
Filson, 3.

338
“
He acquired a reputation for annoying
” Walton, 28.

338
“
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man
” Filson, 49.

339
“
Certainly the most florid writing
” Walton, 47; Filson, 107–9.

339
“
He [Boone] has been the inspiration
” Walton, 50.

339
“
It was the first of May, in the year 1769
” Filson, 50.

340
“
[A]s my reason began to master my despondency
” Daniel Defoe,
The Life and Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
, 76.

340
“
[I was] by myself, without bread
” Filson, 54.