See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

DANIEL See also:

• BOONE
• DANIEL BOONE (1734-1820)

BOONE (1734-1820)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer and back-woodsman, of See also:

• ENGLISH

English descent, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• READING

Reading, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 2nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November (N.S.) 1734 . About 1751 his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• SQUIRE

Squire See also:

• BOONE
• BOONE, DANIEL (1734-1820)

Boone, with his See also:

• FAMILY

family settled in the Yadkin Valley in what is now Davie See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina, then on the frontier . See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel worked on his father's See also:

• FARM

farm, and spent much of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting and trapping . In 1755 he served as a wagoner and blacksmith in See also:

• BRADDOCK
• BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),

Braddock's disastrous expedition against the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . In 1765 he visited See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, and in 1767 he first visited the See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky region . With several companions, including See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Finley, who had been there as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1752, he spent two years, 1769-1771, roaming about what is now Kentucky, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with numberless adventures, coming in conflict with roving bands of Indians, and See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear, See also:

• BEAVER
• BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)

beaver and See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer skins . He served in See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DUNMORE

Dunmore's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1774), and in 1775 led to Kentucky the party of settlers who founded Boonesborough, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long an important See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . On the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1778 he, and the party he led, were captured by a See also:

• BAND

band of Shawnees . He was adopted into the See also:

• SHAWNEE

Shawnee tribe, was taken to See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit, and on the return from that See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place escaped, reaching Boonesborough, after a perilous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey of 16o m., within four days, in time to give warning of a formidable attack by his captors . In repelling this attack, which lasted from the 8th to the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, he See also:

• BORE

bore a conspicuous See also:

• PART

part . He also took part in the sanguinary " See also:

• BATTLE

Battle of See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Licks " in 1782 . For a time he represented the settlers in the See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia legislature (Kentucky then being a part of Virginia), and he also served as See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy surveyor, See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff and county See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of Fayette county, one of the three counties into which Kentucky was then divided .

Having lost all his See also:

• LAND

land through his carelessness in regard to titles, he removed in 1788 to Point Pleasant, Virginia (now W . Va.), whence about 1799 he removed to a place in what is now See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, about 45 M. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, in territory then owned by See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . He received a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of moo arpents (about 845 acres) of land, and was appointed See also:

• SYNDIC (Late Lat. syndicus, Gr. vivv&aos, one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative, crap, with, and Sirc77, justice)

syndic of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . After the See also:

• UNITED

United States gained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of " See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana " in 1803, Boone's See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was found to be defective, and he was again dispossessed . He died on the 22nd of September 182o, and in 1845 his remains were removed to See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort, Kentucky, where a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument has been erected to his memory . Boone was a typical American pioneer and backwoodsman, a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter and trapper, highly skilled in all the arts of woodcraft, See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar with the Indians and their methods of warfare, a famous See also:

• INDIAN

Indian fighter, restless, resourceful and fearless . His services, however, have been greatly over-estimated, and he was not, as is popularly believed, either the first to explore or the first to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle the Kentucky region . The best See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography is that by See also:

• REUBEN

Reuben G . Thwaites, Daniel Boone (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1902) .