The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Date |
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... returned to Virginia with very unsatisfactory views of the country.1 But the truer aspects of Kentucky were viewed by John Finley and a party of comrades in 1767. They passed the mountainous region , and for months traversed and hunted ...
... returned to Virginia with very unsatisfactory views of the country.1 But the truer aspects of Kentucky were viewed by John Finley and a party of comrades in 1767. They passed the mountainous region , and for months traversed and hunted ...
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... returned to the settlements again , history bears uncertain record . Boone and Stewart were alone in the midst of the vast wilderness , with no living being , save savages and wild beasts , within hundreds of miles , as far as they knew ...
... returned to the settlements again , history bears uncertain record . Boone and Stewart were alone in the midst of the vast wilderness , with no living being , save savages and wild beasts , within hundreds of miles , as far as they knew ...
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... returned hunters . Many persuaded to venture to the wil- derness . Late in the autumn of 1769 , Squire Boone , a brother of Daniel , set out from his home in North Carolina , with one companion , to intercept the wandering hunters in ...
... returned hunters . Many persuaded to venture to the wil- derness . Late in the autumn of 1769 , Squire Boone , a brother of Daniel , set out from his home in North Carolina , with one companion , to intercept the wandering hunters in ...
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... returned home across the mountains , mainly for needed ammunition and supplies . For two months following this separation , Daniel Boone traversed the wilderness alone , save the presence of adventurous savages and wild beasts , with ...
... returned home across the mountains , mainly for needed ammunition and supplies . For two months following this separation , Daniel Boone traversed the wilderness alone , save the presence of adventurous savages and wild beasts , with ...
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... returned to the settlements in 1772 , while the others remained . So long were they absent that they were known in after history as the " Long Hunters . " 1 By coincidence , the Boones and their comrades did not fall in with Colo- nel ...
... returned to the settlements in 1772 , while the others remained . So long were they absent that they were known in after history as the " Long Hunters . " 1 By coincidence , the Boones and their comrades did not fall in with Colo- nel ...
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