BOONE, DANIEL, a famous backwoodsman And trapper, was born in Virginia, United States. At an early of his life, lie emigrated to North, Carolina; love of the wilderness not being sufficiently gratified there, he planned an expedition. into Kentucky. then almost unknown. Ou the 7th of June, 1769, along with five corn: pinions, he reached the Red river, n. of the Kentucky. B., however, was captured by the Indians, but. escaped, and accidentally falling in with his brother,, who had pursued his track, they lived in a cabin during the whole winter. In May, 1770, B.'s brother went home, and B. him s'lf was left alone in the perilous forest. In July, his brother returned, and after exploring a considerable portion of country, they returned in 1771 to Carolina, determined to emigrate with their families to Kentucky ; but the attempt proved unsuccessful. Shortly after, B. was engaged as the agent of a Carolina company, in purchasing the lands on the a side of the Kentucky river, where, in 1775, he built a fort on the site now occupied 'bv the town of BoOnesborough. in 1777, the
place was twice attacked by a swarm of Indians, who, however, failed to capture it. On the 8th of Aug., 1778, a third attempt was made by 430 savages. officered by Canadian Frenchmen. In spite of repeated assaults, the little garrison of fifty men set at defiance its enemies, who were at length obliged to retire, and never afterwards ventured to besiege the place. After many skirmishes and encounters with the Indians, B. removed in 1798 to Upper Louisiana, where the Spanish authorities gave him a grant of 2000 acres of land. He settled with his children and followers at Charette, on the Missouri river, beyond the inhabited limits of the country, where be followed his fatorite occu pation of hunting and trapping bears till his death, which occurred in 1822. B. was one of the most adventurons of all those "pioneers of civilization" to whose courage, endurance, and skill America owes so much.