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Page 23
... among the vast herds of game . In 1771 Boone returned to his home . later he started to lead a party of settlers Country ; but while passing through years to the new 3 Two the frowning defiles of Cumberland Gap , were attacked by.
... among the vast herds of game . In 1771 Boone returned to his home . later he started to lead a party of settlers Country ; but while passing through years to the new 3 Two the frowning defiles of Cumberland Gap , were attacked by.
Page 24
... attacked the n comers ; but by this time the parties of would settlers were own . sufficiently numerous to hold th They beat back the Indians , and bu rough little hamlets , surrounded by log stockad at Boonesborough and Harrodsburg ...
... attacked the n comers ; but by this time the parties of would settlers were own . sufficiently numerous to hold th They beat back the Indians , and bu rough little hamlets , surrounded by log stockad at Boonesborough and Harrodsburg ...
Page 25
... attack . settlements in the early years depended exclu- 192 melttga was settlemen sively upon When The me for their meat , and Boone was the mightiest of all the hunters , so that upon him devolved the task of keeping his people ...
... attack . settlements in the early years depended exclu- 192 melttga was settlemen sively upon When The me for their meat , and Boone was the mightiest of all the hunters , so that upon him devolved the task of keeping his people ...
Page 27
... attacked Boonesborough . them off with less . At the fatal battle of the Blue Boone and his fellow - settlers beat IU GIU In e them of which two hundred of the best riflemen were beaten with terrible slaughter Licks , in w by a great ...
... attacked Boonesborough . them off with less . At the fatal battle of the Blue Boone and his fellow - settlers beat IU GIU In e them of which two hundred of the best riflemen were beaten with terrible slaughter Licks , in w by a great ...
Page 39
... attack , the townspeople and In- dians would from sheer fright turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck - hunter , conveying a warning to the Indians and the Cre- oles ...
... attack , the townspeople and In- dians would from sheer fright turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck - hunter , conveying a warning to the Indians and the Cre- oles ...
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