Scouting with Daniel Boone

THREE COLONIAL BOYS THREE YOUNG CONTINENTALS WASHINGTON'S YOUNG AIDS THE BOYS OF OLD MONMOUTH A JERSEY BOY IN THE REVOLUTION THE RIDER OF THE BLACK HORSE THE RED CHIEF MARCHING AGAINST THE IROQUOIS THE CAMP-FIRE OF MAD ANTHONY LIGHTHORSE HARRY'S LEGION THE YOUNG SHARPSHOOTER TECUMSEH'S YOUNG BRAVES THE BOY SOLDIERS OF 1812 FOUR BOYS IN THE YELLOWSTONE FOUR BOYS IN THE YOSEMITE WARD HILL AT WESTON WITH FLINTLOCK AND FIFE THE FORT IN THE FOREST




Perhaps not unnaturally in certain details there is a slight confusion or divergence in the various works that recount the heroic deeds of Daniel Boone. The men of that day were making history rather than recording what they did. There is, however, a striking uniformity in all the records as to the simple faith and almost fatalistic conviction of Daniel Boone that he was called to be a pathfinder for the new nation in America. His courage, reverence, rugged honesty, and unselfishness, his childlike simplicity that was mixed with a certain shrewdness, at least in his dealings with the Indians, are, however, qualities in which the historians mostly agree.
I have cast this record into story form and have used the license of a story-teller. I have incorporated a few adventures on the border which strictly do not belong to this tale. Every one of them, however, is true, and I hope will help in giving a true picture of those early and trying days.
In the midst of it all I have placed the great scout. The qualities he displayed are the same that are necessary for success in our day or any day. The problems may vary from generation to generation, but the elements of true manhood are ever the same.
I have made free use of the many historical works which portray the character of the great scout.
First of all is the diary of Daniel Boone himself. In addition to that fascinating story, the following works also should be read by those who are interested in his life: