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**Daniel Boone** 1734 - 1820

Childhood

Daniel Boone, the greatest frontiersman, was born to Squire and Sarah Boone on November 2, 1734. He was born in a log cabin in Berks County which is now today called Reading, Pennsylvania. His father was a weaver, blacksmith, and he raised cattle. Daniel had 10 brothers and sisters. Daniel Boone did not have much schooling growing up, but he did learn how to survive in the wilderness. He got his first rifle at the age of 12 from his father. He became friends with the local Indians in his area. He learned how to spear animals and he provided a lot of food for his family with his wilderness skills. Daniel Boone’s family eventually moves to North Carolina. This trip takes them over a year, but it helped to have Daniel Boone and his skills with.

Life

When Daniel Boone got to North Carolina, he took up hunting as his own business. In 1755, Boone served under Edward Braddock in the French and Indian war for a short time. While he was in the war, he met John Finley. They became fast friends when he told Boone about his wild west stories. Boone finally escaped the war when the British were defeated. In 1756 Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan. They had eight children together. John Finely comes back into Boone’s life in 1769. Boone, Finley, and five other men travel through Kentucky to find a "hunters’ paradise." This place was filled with lots of game and farmland. He plans to bring his family there. Then in 1775 Daniel and thirty other man got hired by the Transylvania Company to make a trail between the Carolinas and the West. This trail is now known as Wilderness Road. Boone Built a village there called Boonesborough and moved his family there. Boone then got involved in the Revolutionary War. Boone’s one daughter got kidnapped by the Shawnee Indians. He later rescued her through a surprise attack. Then in 1778, he was captured by the Shawnee. While he was captured by the Indians, he heard that the British and the Shawnee were planning an attack on Boonesborough. He eventually escaped and saves Boonesborough from destruction. He then withdrew from the war. Boone then moved to what is now West Virginia to become a surveyor. He then left Kentucky to go to Missouri because he said it was "too crowded." Boone spends the rest of his life in Missouri. He takes his last hunting trip at age 83.

Death

Daniel Boone lived to the age 85. He died on September 26, 1820. The cause of Daniel Boone's death is unknown. There is a lot of confusion about where Boone was buried. Some say he was buried next to his wife in Missouri and then later moved to Kentucky. Others say that they could have moved the wrong remains to Kentucky.



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