Boone: A Biography (79 page)

traps,
38

Beard, Dan,
448

Beaver Creek,
84

Belue, Ted Franklin,
xxiii
,
55
,
168
,
225
,
283
,
364

Benge, Tom (Cherokee Chief),
139

Bent brothers,
403
,
454

Bible,
17
,
27
,
71
,
341
,
432
,
433

Big Bone Lick,
112

Big Jim (Shawnee),
137
,
138
,
354
,
356
,
429

Big Sandy River,
85
,
86
,
382
–83,
384

Big Sky, The
(Guthrie),
447

Bingham, George Caleb,
188
–89,
448
,
449

Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone
(Flint),
xx

Bird, Capt. Henry (British commander),
298

Blackfish (Shawnee chief),
xviii
,
218
,
221
–22,
223
,
240

DB as Shawnee prisoner and adopted son of,
228
,
230
,
231
,
233
,
237
,
239
,
241
,
242
–43,
247
–49,
253
,
355
,
429

death of,
297

expedition against Boonesborough and,
248
–49,
251
–74

negotiations with DB before the siege at Boonesborough,
255
–64,
429

son of, possibly killed by DB,
209
,
237

Blackmore’s Fort,
149
,
150
,
151

Bledsoe, Isaac,
119
–20,
121
,
147

Blevens Connection,
80

Bloody Riot Act,
125

bluegrass,
98
–99

Blue Jacket (Shawnee chief),
365
–66,
381

Blue Licks, Battle of the,
46
,
215
,
316
–31,
332
,
333
,
335
,
338
,
345
–46

burial of the dead,
329
–30

casualties,
325

chain of command in,
316
–17

conference of officers by the Licking River,
318
–20

DB’s loss of temper,
319
,
320
,
328
–29

DB warns of an ambush,
318
–19

horses and booty taken by the Indians,
323
,
325

as last major battle of the American Revolution,
327

map,
308

as partial defeat for the British and their Indian allies,
330

prisoners taken by the Indians,
327

weapons at,
322
,
328

Blue Ridge Mountains,
66
,
67
,
73
,
84
,
95

boating in the West,
370
,
371
–72,
399

Bogart, W. H.,
10
,
17
,
115
–16,
159

Boiling Spring,
179
,
180
,
194

Boofman, Jacob,
357
,
359

Boone, Benjamin (uncle),
3
,
6

Boone, Daniel

1734–1750,
9
–23

1751–1755,
25
–45

1756–1759,
46
–61

1760–1768,
65
–87

1769–1771,
88
–123

1772–1774,
126
–52

1775,
153
–90

1775–1776,
191
–213

1777–1778,
216
–36

1778,
237
–65

1778–1779,
266
–81

1779–1782,
282
–307

1782,
309
–34

1783–1785,
335
–51

1786–1788,
352
–71

1789–1797,
374
–87

1798–1808,
389
–416

1809–1820,
417
–45

ancestry, xxvi,
1
–4

autobiographies, lost,
423
,
425
–26

Battle of the Blue Licks,
316
–31,
333
,
335
,
338
,
345
–46

biographers,
xx
–xxiii,
335
–45,
382
,
424
,
426
,
428
,
447

birth of,
9

as businessman,
xvii
,
31
–32,
79
–80,
192
–93,
282
,
290
–91,
346
,
347
–48,
356
–57,
359
–61,
369
–71,
375
,
378
–79,
379
,
392
–93

carving of his initials or name,
73
,
113
,
116
,
130
,
196

carving of powder horns,
377
,
440

character of,
xviii
,
xx
, xxvi,
12
,
20
–21,
291
,
296

childhood of,
9
–21

chronology of life of,
xiii
–xvi

coffin,
439
–40,
444

as commissary to Virginia militia forces,
377
–79,
386

court-martial and exoneration,
xvii
,
275
–79,
338
,
353

death and funeral of,
437
,
442
–45

as debtor,
xvii
–xviii,
xx
,
65
,
78
–80,
87
,
91
,
93
,
109
,
116
,
126
,
129
,
133
,
346
,
361
,
362
,
375
,
402
,
423
,
430
,
431
,
437

defining moment for,
94

described, as older man,
380
,
441

destiny,
31
,
79
,
109
–10

documents of land deals, loss of,
359

doubleness,
278
,
429

education of,
xviii
,
10
,
16
–18,
344

escape from the Shawnees and return to Boonesborough,
249
–51

explorations,
68
,
89
–123,
126
–28,
424
,
425

extended forays into the wilderness,
30
–31,
110
–18,
120
–23,
126
–28,
340
,
342
,
424
–25,
427

fame, international,
xviii
,
xix
–xx,
288
,
335
,
337
,
375
–76

as family man,
xx
,
20
,
52
,
55
,
158
,
302
,
433
,
440
–41,
455
,
456

farming and,
36
,
53
,
55
,
65
,
75
–76,
80
,
86
,
128
,
288
,
304
,
437

Fayette County militia and,
307
,
314
,
316
–32

as figure of folklore,
xix
,
287
,
299
–301

Florida expedition of 1765,
82
–83

fur trade and,
see
furs and fur trade, DB and

as ginseng digger and trader,
69
,
359
,
366
–68,
370
,
375

gunpowder, ability to make,
224
–25,
240
,
403

“habit of contemplation,”
70

health of,
379
–80,
383
,
389
,
397
,
402
,
415
–16,
425
–26,
435
,
439

as hunter,
11
,
13
,
14
,
18
,
31
,
37
,
39
,
55
–56,
60
–61,
66
–72,
77
–78,
100
,
101
,
102
,
106
–7,
116
–17,
130
,
139
,
193
–94,
226
,
250
,
288
,
291
,
299
–300,
348
,
379
–80,
381
,
382
–83,
384
,
389
,
401
,
402
,
409
,
411
–12,
415
–16,
418
–19,
422
,
424
,
427
,
435
,
456

illegitimate child, rumors of,
xxii
–xxiii,
73
–77,
128
,
280

as Indian agent,
356
,
363
–65

Indians, relationship with,
see
Native Americans;
names of individuals, specific tribes, and specific events

as “jobber,”
282
,
288
–89,
292
–96

as justice of the peace,
222
,
404

Kentucky and,
see
Kentucky

kidnapping of Jemima and,
206
–9,
429

as landowner,
65
,
80
,
83
,
162
,
185
,
191
–93,
196
,
202
,
283
,
286
,
289
–90,
333
,
347
–48,
351
,
379
,
384
,
392
,
400
–401,
414
–15,
428

last years,
417
–45,
456

lawsuits against,
91
,
93
,
129
,
356
–59,
361
,
369
,
384
,
387
,
437

leadership,
27
,
57
,
147
,
285
,
324

as legend,
57
–58,
118
,
300
–301,
342
,
343
,
434
–35,
446
–49,
451
,
453
–56,
457

as legislator,
282
,
302
,
303
–4,
366
,
376
–77

loyalty of, questioning of,
xvii
,
xviii
,
238
–40,
242
,
251
,
252
,
256
,
257
,
262
,
275
–79,
303
,
338
,
352
–53,
363
,
412

marksmanship,
16
,
20
,
39
–40

marriage of,
51

memory of,
68
,
93
,
143
,
344

Missouri land claims,
414
–15,
417
,
418
,
423
,
428
,
430

Missouri territory, move to and life in,
389
,
393
–95

as money lender,
359
–60

North Carolina militia and,
43
,
45

offensive against Ohio Indians of 1786,
353
–56

personality of,
10
,
20
–21,
27
,
57
,
133
,
192
–93,
237
,
240
,
278
,
380
,
406
,
439
,
448

physical endurance,
16

portraits, iv,
441
–42

as prankster,
11
,
13
,
15
–16

religion and,
27
,
71
,
341
,
431
–34

resourcefulness,
299

road building and, xxv–xxvi,
157
–59,
163
–69,
384
–86

robbed on trip to Williamsburg in March 1780,
292
–96,
359

as scout and guide,
132

Shawnee name,
237
,
238

as Shawnee prisoner,
40
,
52
,
102
–6,
213
,
227
–49,
253
,
355

Shawnee wife, possibility of a,
243
,
280

as slave owner and trader,
348
,
361
,
362

as storyteller and wit,
69
–70,
71
,
247
,
281

surname, origin of, xxvi

as surveyor,
xvii
,
79
,
197
,
282
,
289
,
290
,
292
,
304
,
346
,
349
–51,
361
,
370
,
376
,
386
–87,
392
–93

as syndic,
395
–96,
401
,
402
,
404
–7

as tracker,
20

as trapper,
37
,
38
,
39
,
194
,
288
,
379
,
380
,
401
,
424