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Title: Daniel Boone
The Pioneer of Kentucky

Author: John S. C. Abbott

Release Date: December 10, 2007 [EBook #23798]

Language: English

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DANIEL BOONE

THE

PIONEER OF KENTUCKY.

[Illustration]

BY

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

NEW YORK:

DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY.

1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by

DODD & MEAD,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

_AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS._

DANIEL BOONE

THE

PIONEER OF KENTUCKY.

BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

ILLUSTRATED.

"His youth was innocent; his riper age,
Marked with some act of goodness every day;
And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage,
Faded his late declining years away.
Cheerful he gave his being up and went
To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent."

NEW YORK:

DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY.

1872.

[Illustration]

PREFACE.

The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our
country. And yet there are but few who are familiar with the events of
his wonderful career, or who have formed a correct estimate of the
character of the man. Many suppose that he was a rough, coarse
backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or
the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this,
he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men; feminine as a woman
in his tastes and his deportment, never uttering a coarse word, never
allowing himself in a rude action. He was truly one of nature's _gentle_
men. With all this instinctive refinement and delicacy, there was a
boldness of character which seemed absolutely incapable of experiencing
the emotion of fear. And surely all the records of chivalry may be
searched in vain for