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The
publication of Daniel Boone's "Adventures" in 1784 served
to immortalize Boone the frontiersman as an American legend and
a true folk hero. Published by John Filson on Boone's 50th birthday,
the narrative describes in Boone's own words his exploits in the
Kentucky wilderness from May, 1769 to October of 1782. The Adventures
of Col. Daniel Boone was subsequently published in The American
Magazine in 1787 and again in a book by George Imlay in 1793. The
latter publication is the source wherein we present the complete
text.
Daniel
Boone's Adventures is presented here for the first time on the Internet.
His first-person narrative appears as he actually wrote it, using
the grammar and syntax current in America in the 1700s. The only
concession made-- and that only for the purpose of making Boone's
personal account easier to read-- is the substitution of "s"
in place of what appears as an "f" in the original text.
In
his autobiographical narrative Boone tells of his passage through
the Cumberland Gap, leading a party of settlers that cut the Wilderness
Road in 1775. Boone's trailblazing efforts opened a door beyond
the Alleghany Mountains, establishing a route used by thousands
in the first westward migration. In his "Adventures" Boone--
a colonel in the Virginia militia-- describes his founding of Boonesborough
on the Kentucky River, his capture by the Shawnee Indians, his adoption
by Chief Black Fish as his son, and his daring escape on foot through
the forests covering 160 miles in 4 days. In putting pen to paper,
America's most famous of all "long hunters" recounts events
of singular courage during this eventful 13-year period of his life,
providing us with a fascinating insight into the character of an
American icon.
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