Boone: A Biography (70 page)

122
It is likely Squire and Daniel
Draper, 265–66; DM3B65.

123
A party was formed in the settlements
Draper, 267–68.

Regulators

124
Information in “Regulators” is summarized from William S. Powell,
North Carolina through Four Centuries
, 146–59.

Six: Return to the Bluegrass Island

126
“
Bluegrass island
” Ted Franklin Belue,
The Hunters of Kentucky
, 82.

126
“
The reports of his extended explorations
” Archibald Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 158–59.

127
Boone’s description of the land
Shaw Livermore,
Early American Land Companies
, 91.

128
“
She is by nature a quiet soul
” Rev. George Soelle’s diary, Moravian Archives, Henderson Papers, translated by Adelaide Fries. 129 “
You need not refuse me for you
” John B. Roark to Draper, March 30, 1885, DM16C81[1].

129
“
We therefore command you that you attach
” Rowan County Records, in Boone Family Biographical File, Kentucky Historical Society. 130
Nathan told Draper
Neal O. Hammon, ed.,
My Father, Daniel Boone
, 45.

130
“
[Watauga] sets a dangerous example
” Henderson, 199.

130
the Watauga experiment set a precedent
Henderson, 200.

130
“
D.B. 1773
” Deposition of David Hill, September 1, 1800, DM4C128.

130
in the Green River country
Samuel Duncan to Draper, February 21, 1852, DM4C131.

131
“
heaven is a Kentucky of a place” The Christian Traveler
(New York, 1828), 47–48, quoted in Arthur K. Moore,
The Frontier Mind
, 24.

131
According to some accounts
George Morgan Chinn,
Kentucky Settlement and Statehood, 1750–1800
, 45.

131
Capt. Thomas Bullitt surveyed tracts
Nancy O’Malley,
Stockading Up
, 14.

132
“
under the guize of hunting game
” Stephen Aron,
How the West Was Lost
, 61.

133
“
The wives of our western pioneers
” John Mason Peck,
Life of Daniel Boone
, 37–38.

133
“
We command you that you take
” The original arrest warrant in the Christiansburg, Virginia, courthouse has been lost, but Mrs. Jane Brown of the Montgomery County Museum owns a photocopy. 134 “
I visited William Briant
” Rev. George Soelle’s diary, Moravian Archives, Henderson Papers.

134
“
Stoner was an awkward Dutchman
” Hammon, ed., 42.

135
“
Americans . . . do and will remove
” Louis Phelps Kellogg and Reuben Gold Thwaites,
Documentary History of Dunmore’s War, 1774
, 371.

135
Dunmore denied that he had sent
Otis K. Rice,
Frontier Kentucky
, 52.

135
who had his own plans for
Henderson, 207; see also James Hall,
The Romance of Western History
, 155–56.

136
Nathan Boone said that bells
Hammon, ed., 24.

136
told them they would hear wolves
Lyman Copeland Draper,
The Life of Daniel Boone
, 287.

137
Big Jim had been befriended by
Hammon, ed., 39.

137
The slave Charles was found with his head
Rice, 60.

138
“
a remarkable instance of their good faith
” Draper, 290.

139
The Christian brothers escaped
Draper, 291–92.

139
“
deer-skin coloured black
” Draper, 292.

139
“
There suddenly arose a severe
” Draper, 304.

139
Whenever the death of James was mentioned
Hammon, ed., 42.

140
“
Whosoever saw an Indian in Kentucky
” Draper, 299, quoted from John Jeremiah Jacob,
Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Capt. Michael Cresap
, 53–54.

140
One group of Shawnees claimed
Draper, 302.

141
It would seem that Dunmore wanted a war
Henderson, 209.

141
“
employ two faithful woodsmen
” Draper, 305.

141
“
Well, Mike, you’ll have mine
” George W. Stoner, son of Michael, interview with Draper, November 28, 1868, DM24C55.

141
“
[Lewis] directed me to cross
” Boone deposition, October 6, 1817. St. Charles County, MO; DM6C105.

142
Boone liked to imitate
Draper, 307–8.

142
“
On the last of May or first [of] June 1774
” Neal O. Hammon, “John Filson’s Error,” 462–63.

144
“
We made a survey of this
” DM4J58–84; Kellogg and Thwaites, 118.

144
“
on his way to the falls
” Neal O. Hammon, “Separating Facts from Myths,” 3.

145
“
Alarmed by finding some people killed
” Draper, 309.

147
“
Their simultaneous arrival lends credence
” Rice, 56.

147
Others have argued
O’Malley, 15.

147
“
Captain Bledsoe says Boone has
” Kellogg and Thwaites, 168; DM33S254–256.

148
“
the Indians is not Angry
” Kellogg and Thwaites, 246–47.

148
Daniel Greathouse had invited
Michael Lofaro,
Daniel Boone
, 45.

148
“
the men would all go out and play at ball
” John Dabney Shane interview with Mrs. Samuel Scott, 1840s, DM11CC225.

148
“
Some were in so great haste
” Shane interview with Mrs. Samuel Scott, 1840s, DM11CC226.

149
“
Mr. Boon is very diligent at Castle-Woods
” Col. Arthur Campbell to Col. Wlliam Preston, September 29, 1774; Kellogg and Thwaites, 218.

149
“
bearskins
” John Mack Faragher,
Daniel Boone
, 103.

150
“
Mr. Boone has sent me the War Club
” Kellogg and Thwaites, 220; DM3QQ109.

150
It is possible the Shawnees
Kellogg and Thwaites, 220–21.

150
“
Murder! Murder!” he shouted
Kellogg and Thwaites, 244.

150
Though Point Pleasant is usually
Reuben Gold Thwaites,
Daniel Boone
, 111.

150
“
Mr. Boon is an excellent woodsman
” Kellogg and Thwaites, 249.

152
In a letter to Lord Dunmore
Richard Taylor,
Girty
, 62.

152
“
Colonel Cresap, the last spring
” Draper, 328n8.

152
“
Rachel Duncin, one house
” DM4C75[1].

Seven: Where There Was No Forbidden Fruit

153
“
Boone’s report of the west
” Thomas D. Clark,
A History of Kentucky
, 60.

153
“
To enter upon a detail of the Beuty
” Archibald Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 233.

154
“
Like as a white carpenter could
” Felix Walker’s narrative, quoted in George W. Ranck,
Boonesborough
, 162, reprinted from
DeBow’s Review
, February 1854.

154
And even Gov. Josiah Martin of North Carolina
James Hall,
The Romance of Western History
, 155–56. 155 “
Lord Mansfield gave Judge Henderson
” and “
A true copy
” Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 201; DM2CC34[9].

155
It was all a charade
John Bakeless,
Daniel Boone
, 83. The source of this legal ruse may have been a document called the Camden-Yorke opinion of 1757, which James Hogg, a partner in the Transylvania Company, discovered in the fall of 1775 and used retroactively as authorization for the Transylvania purchase. Though many promoters in North America invoked the Camden-Yorke opinion for their own purposes, the document refers explicitly to the East India Company. See W. S. Lester,
The Transylvania Colony
, 27.

155
In April 1769 Pennsylvania
Otis K. Rice,
Frontier Kentucky
, 38.

155
In February the McAfee brothers
George Morgan Chinn,
Kentucky Settlement and Statehood, 1750–1800
, 81.

156
“
Proposals for the Encouragement
” Ranck, 182.

156
“
contrary to Law and Justice
” Ranck, 150.

156
“
Archibald Neilson, deputy auditor
” Henderson, T
he Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 219.

157
It has been said that James Robertson
Archibald Henderson,
The Transylvania Company and the Founding of Henderson, Kentucky
, 7.

158
“
the Road to the Old Settlements
” Neal O. Hammon, conversation with the author, March 17, 2005.

159
“
This is the marked difference
” W. H. Bogart,
Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky
, 117.

159
A location near the mouth of Otter Creek
Nancy O’Malley,
Searching for Boonesborough
, 15.

159
“
James Robertson, also a witness
” Neal O. Hammon, “No Stranger to Difficulty,” 53.

160
“
Colonel Henderson opened the negotiations
” Robert Lee Kincaid,
The Wilderness Road
, 96.

161
“
for and in consideration of the sum
” Ranck, 151.

161
It was reported that no liquor
Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 225.

162
On March 17, 1775, the deed of sale was inked
Lyman Copeland Draper,
The Life of Daniel Boone
, 333.

162
“
[W]e have given you a fine land
” Draper, 333.

162
“
there was a dark cloud over that Country
” John Haywood,
The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee
, 58–59.

162
“
the most fluent, graceful
” Draper’s notes from Pleasant Henderson, DM30S74.

163
trained as a weaver
Hazel Atterbury Spraker,
The Boone Family
, 115.

163
“
Hays taught my father to write
” Neal O. Hammon, ed.,
My Father
,
Daniel Boone
, 45.

163
“
a notorious prostitute
” John Dabney Shane interview with Nathaniel Hart, 1843–44, DM17CC195.

163
“
Trot father, trot mother
” Josiah Collins to Shane, 1840, DM12CC97.

163
“
Mrs. Susan Hays—Boone’s daughter
” Abner Bryan to Draper, February 12–14, 1890, DM4C51.

163
“
Susan when I saw her
” Josiah Collins to Shane, 1840s, DM12CC97.

164
“
our pilot and conductor
” Ranck, 163.

165
“
with great propriety, intrepidity
” Ranck, 167.

165
“
Handiness with the axe
” Arthur K. Moore,
The Frontier Mind
, 56.

165
Although not as famous
Ellen Eslinger, ed.,
Running Mad for Kentucky
, 11.

166
From there he turned due north
Nancy O’Malley,
Stockading Up
, 19.

166
“
most of it hilly, stony
” Draper, 345.

166
“
Nothing can exceed the road
” Eslinger, ed., 28.

166
“
the pleasing and rapturous . . . plains
” and “
Perhaps no Adventurers
” Ranck, 163. 167 “
Dear Colonel
” Draper, 339.

167
“
fryday ye 7th
” Eslinger, ed., 72.

167
Boone later described the attack
John Filson,
The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke
, 59.

168
“
He attended me as his child
” Ranck, 167.

168
“
The Chillicothes accused the Mingoes
” Ted Franklin Belue,
The Hunters of Kentucky
, 99.

168
“
Such a sight some of us never
” Ranck, 166.

169
“
We felt ourselves as passengers
” Ranck, 164.

Eight: Kentucky Was the Key

171
“
best tract of land in North-American
” John Filson,
The Discovery
,
Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke
, 7.

172
Hanks, as recorded by William Calk
Ellen Eslinger, ed.,
Running Mad for Kentucky
, 73, 263n1.

172
News traveled fast
Neal O. Hammon, e-mail to the author, October 19, 2005.

172
“
It was beyond a doubt
” Lyman Copeland Draper,
The Life of Daniel Boone
, 342.

173
“
Thursday 20th this morning is Clear
” Eslinger, ed., 73.

173
“
It was owing to Boone’s confidence
” Draper, 342.

174
“
Even in the superior courts
” Archibald Henderson,
The Conquest of the Old Southwest
, 104–5.

174
“
A spring at Boonsburrow constantly
” Filson, 31.