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Daniel Boone:The life of a frontiersman
By Julian Freedman
Family His grandfather came from England to
America in 1717. His father was a weaver and blacksmith and
he raised livestock in the country near Reading, Pennsylvania.
Birth Daniel was born on November 2nd ,1734
He was Sarah & Squire Boone's sixth child
Childhood He had little formal education But he learned the skills of a woodsman at a
early age By the age of 12 he was an expert marksman
and provided fresh game for his family.
Marriage In 1756 Boone married Rebecca Bryan, a
pioneer woman with great courage and patience.
He spent most of the next ten years hunting and farming to feed his family.
His First Journey In 1769 a trader and old friend, John Findley
visited Boone's cabin.
John was looking for an overland route to Kentucky and needed a skilled woodsman and rifle man to guide him.
So he picked Daniel Boone to lead him.
His First Journey Cont.
Boone, Findley and five men traveled along wilderness trails and through the Cumberland gap in the Appalachian
mountains into Kentucky.
His First Journey Cont. Boone vowed to return with his family one
day.
They found a "hunter's paradise" filled with buffalo, deer, wild turkey and meadows ideal for farming.
The Second Journey In 1775 Boone and 30 other woodsmen were
hired to improve the trails between the Carolinas and the west.
The resulting route reached into the center of Kentucky and became known as the "Wilderness Road."
The Second Journey cont. That same year Boone built a fort and village
called Boonesborough in Kentucky he moved his family over the Wilderness Trail to their “new home”
Native American Encounters Boone had many encounters with the Native
Americans living in Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.
In 1776 Shawnee warriors kidnapped his daughter and two other girls.
Native American Encounters cont. Two days later Boone caught up with the
Indians and through surprise attack rescued the girls.
In 1778, he was captured by another band of Shawnee.
Living with the Indians Boone learned that the tribe was planning an
attack on Boonesborough while being kept prisoner by Chief Blackfish
He then made a settlement with Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee, preventing the attack.
The Indians admired their captive for his skill as a hunter and woodsman and adopted him into their tribe as a son of Blackfish
The Attack He escaped when he learned the Shawnee and
the British, were planning another attach on Boonesborough.
The settlement was reinforced in preparation for the assault.
The Attack cont. When British soldiers and the Indians
attacked, Boonesborough withstood a ten-day siege.
Chief Blackfish and the British finally withdrew
“I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.”
-Daniel Boone
Objective What state did Daniel Boone make a
fort/town in?
A. Kentucky
B. Kansas
C. Mexico
D. Jamaica
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