Daniel Boone

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• McAfee family, Kentucky pioneers, [125].
• McClellan, Alexander, Kentucky pioneer, [125].
• McCulloch, John, explores Kentucky, [91].
• MacDowell family, Kentucky pioneers, [125].
• McGary, Maj. Hugh, in Revolutionary War, [138], [188], [189].
• McKee, Capt. Alexander, raids Kentucky, [186].
• Marquette, Father Jacques, discovers Mississippi, [86].
• Marshall, Col. Thomas, surveyor, [181], [192], [193], [195].
• Martin, Josiah, governor of North Carolina, [116].
• Maryland, Boones in, [43], [59]; increase of settlement, [97]; commerce with Kentucky, [202].
• Matthews, Albert, on "Long Knives," [111].
• Maugridge, Mary, marries George Boone¹, [1].
• Mausker, Caspar, of Long Hunters, [94].
• Maysville (Ky.), [194]; in Revolutionary War, [138]; Boone at, [201], [202], [207]-[210], [212].
• Medicine, on frontier, [32].
• Mill, John Stuart, on forcing civilization, [51].
• Miller, William, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Mingo Indians, in Dunmore's War, [105]; in Revolutionary War, [132], [139]-[144], [156], [157], [161]-[167].
• Mingo Junction (Ohio), Logan tragedy near, [105].
• Missouri, Boone family in, [viii], [43], [220]-[241]; life previous to cession, [223]-[226]; first stone house, [239]; Constitutional Convention, [viii], [239]; releases Boone's remains, [240].
• Moccasin Gap, followed by Boone, [73].
• Monocacy Valley, Boone in, [10].
• Montgomery, Alexander, scout, [160].
• —, Col. John, raids Cherokees, [44]-[46], [55].
• Mooney, James, accompanies Boone, [72]-[79].
• Moore, Sergeant, in Dunmore's War, [108].
• —, William, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Moravian Indian missions, [7], [8].
• Morgan, John, grandfather of Daniel Boone, [5].
• —, Sarah, marries Squire Boone¹, [5], [59]; life in Oley, [5]-[15].
• — family, Welsh settlers, [5].
• Morton, Mrs. Jennie C., aid acknowledged, [x].
• Muskrats, [18].

• Nall, James, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Nashville (Tenn.), hard winter at, [175].
• Neely, Alexander, joins Boone, [78]-[81].
• Neversink Mountains, Boone in, [10].
• New France, fall of, [48], [60], [87], [98]. See also [French].
• New Mexico, New Englanders in, [86].
• New Orleans, French at, [19]; Spanish, [228]; North Carolinians, [66], [67]; Virginians, [90], [91]; early commerce with, [197].
• New York (State), Indian uprising, [37]; sends emigrants to Kentucky, [178].
• North Carolina, pioneers of, [13]-[15]; sends colony to Louisiana, [66]; Boones in, [viii], [17]-[102], [241]; in French and Indian War, [21]-[23], [48]-[50], [56]; interest in Western settlement, [100], [138], [178]; Henderson's colony, [113]-[176]; opposition to Henderson, [116], [123], [127]; regulators, [61], [62]; rapid settlement, [42].
• North Wales (Pa.), Boones in, [4], [5].
• Northwest Territory, organized, [207].

• Ohio, Shawnese in, [135], [144], [149]-[160], [170], [182], [190]; Boone hunts in, [211], [218].
• — Company, founded, [20]; operations of, [24]; land grants on Ohio River, [87].
• Oley township (Pa.), Boones in, [4]-[15].
• Opecancano, Indian hero, [52].
• Orange County (Va.), settlers hunt in Kentucky, [89], [90].
• Ordinance of 1787, [205].
• Osage Indians, mentioned by Boone, [232].
• Otter Creek, Boone on, [117].
• Otters, [18], [74].
• Owatin Creek (Pa.), Boones on, [6].
• Ozark Mountains, Virginians in, [91].

• Paint Lick Town. See [Chillicothe, Little].
• Panthers, [18].
• Paris (Ky.), fort on site of, [137].
• Patterson, Col. Robert, Kentucky pioneer, [125], [194].
• Peeke, James, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Penn, William, founds Pennsylvania, [2].
• Pennington (Peninton), Hannah, mentioned by Boone, [234].
• Pennsylvania, founded by Penn, [2]; Boones in, [viii], [2]-[14], [102], [174], [183], [211], [212]; Finley, [79]; sends settlers to southwest, [13]-[15], [20], [24]: interest in Western settlement, [138], [178]; increase of settlement, [97], [130]; in French and Indian War, [20]-[23], [37]; in Revolutionary War, [148], [159]; losses in Indian wars, [205].
• Pensacola (Fla.), Boone in, [65].
• Philadelphia, in time of Boones, [3], [4], [10], [102], [212].
• Pickaway, Shawnese town, [179].
• Pittsburg, French at, [20], [21], [41]; Virginia hunters, [89]; in Dunmore's War, [105], [107]; in Revolutionary War, [138], [148], [183].
• Poage, Sergt. W., in Dunmore's War, [108].
• Point Pleasant (W. Va.), battle at, [108], [110]-[112]; Boone, [201], [210]-[222].
• Pompey, negro interpreter, [151], [161].
• Pontiac, Indian hero, [52], [59], [60].
• Pope, Col. William, militia leader, [180], [181].
• Presbyterians, among frontiersmen, [33].
• Preston, Col. William, in Dunmore's War, [105], [109]; in Revolutionary War, [136].
• — family, Kentucky pioneers, [125].
• Prestonburg (Ky.), Boone near, [69], [70].

• Quakers, Boones of this persuasion, [1], [2], [4]-[7], [10]-[12]; expel Boones, [12]; familiar with Indians, [13]; among frontiersmen, [14], [33].

• Ranck, George W., Boonesborough, [x].
• —, Mrs. George W., aid acknowledged, [x].
• Randolph, Nathaniel, Kentucky pioneer, [125].
• Reading (Pa.), Boones near, [6].
• Red Jacket, Indian hero, [52].
• — Stone. See [Brownsville, Pa].
• Regulators, in Carolinas, [61], [101].
• Religion, on frontier, [33]. See also the several denominations.
• Revolutionary War, [175]; effect on proprietary governments, [123]; causes Washington to turn from West, [89]; checks Western colonies, [100]; Western interest in, [128], [170], [171]; G. R. Clark, [125], [138], [139], [158], [159], [169]; Kentucky in, [132]-[192].
• Richmond (Va.), seat of government, [181], [182], [207], [208], [215].
• Ringe, Daniel, [234].
• River Alleghany, French on, [20].
• — Big Sandy, Boone on, [69]-[71], [211]; Washington, [88].
• — Catawba, early settlements on, [17]; Indian hostilities, [42].
• — Clinch, Boone on, [69], [101], [103]-[112]; early settlement, [97].
• — Cumberland, Long Hunters on, [93], [95]; Boone, [101]; in Transylvania cession, [115]; in Revolutionary War, [139].
• — Dick's, Boone on, [83].
• — Elk, Boone on, [221].
• — Elkhorn, Boone on, [208]; in Revolutionary War, [137].
• — French Broad, early settlement on, [97].
• — Gauley, Boone on, [219].
• — Green, Long Hunters on, [93], [94]; Boone, [77].
• — Great Miami, Shawnese on, [179].
• — Holston, Finley on, [79]; Boone, [57], [69], [73]; Long Hunters, [91]; in Cherokee War, [47], [50]; in Revolutionary War, [134], [138], [144], [161]; early settlements, [97], [126].
• — Hudson, Iroquois on, [99].
• — Kanawha (Great Kanawha), explored, [86]; in Dunmore's War, [108]; Boone on, [viii], [210]-[222]; hunting, [218], [219].
• — Kentucky, Boone on, [73], [79], [83], [112], [180], [211]; Transylvania settlement, [115]-[119], [121]; crown lands abutting, [121], [130]; capture of girls, [134]-[136]; in Revolutionary War, [137], [139], [176]; bounds Fayette County, [179]; Boone leaves, [201].
• — Keowee, Cherokees on, [45].
• — Licking, Shawnese on, [135], [137], [151], [166], [170], [178]-[180], [188], [190]; Boone, [83], [208], [211].
• — Little Miami, Shawnese on, [151], [190]; in Revolutionary War, [160], [170].
• — Little Sandy, Washington on, [88].
• — Little Tennessee, Cherokees on, [45], [48], [49].
• — Maumee, Wayne on, [217].
• — Miami, Indians raided on, [214].
• — Mississippi, Iroquois on, [99]; French, [19], [60], [85]-[87], [207]; early English explorations, [20], [85]-[87], [89]-[91]; North Carolinians, [66], [67]; in Revolutionary War, [179]; Spanish, [85], [197], [198], [202]-[205]; free navigation sought by West, [203]-[205], [226]; early commerce on, [197], [198].
• — Missouri, Boone on, [221], [232], [234], [240].
• — Monongahela, fur trade route, [24]; Braddock on, [71]; early settlements, [98], [130]; Boone, [212], [215], [216].
• — New, Batts on, [86]; Squire Boone, [78]; settlers explore Kentucky, [90], [91].
• — Nolichucky, early settlement on, [97].
• — Ohio, drains Virginia, [16]; French on, [19], [20], [41], [42]; early explorations, [22]; Virginia hunters, [89]-[91]; Gist, [87]; Finley, [22], [23], [71]; in Dunmore's War, [105]; Iroquois land sale, [99]; Boone on, [69], [70], [83], [183], [201], [202], [210], [222]; in Transylvania cession, [114], [129]; in Revolutionary War, [138], [151], [159], [170]; Indian wars on, [88], [107], [108]; early settlements, [98], [100], [104], [207], [214]; highway for emigrants, [130], [172], [178], [184], [196], [201]; early commerce, [197], [198]; last of Indian raids, [213]-[218].
• River Platte, Boone on, [232].
• — Potomac, fur trade route, [24].
• — Powell, Boone on, [73], [95], [96], [125]; early settlements, [97], [102], [115], [119].
• — Red, Boone on, [79].
• — Rich, in Dunmore's War, [109].
• — Rockcastle, Indians on, [80], [117].
• — St. Joseph, Indians raided on, [213].
• — St. Lawrence, Indians on, [19].
• — Salt, Indians near, [190].
• — —, Beech Fork of, [208].
• — Sandy, West Fork of, Boone on, [70].
• — Savannah, Indians on, [37].
• — Schuylkill, Boones on, [6]-[15].
• — Scioto, Shawnese on, [157], [158], [160], [167], [207]; Indians raided, [213].
• — Shenandoah, Boones on, [16].
• — Tennessee, Indian uprising, [37], [45]; Iroquois land sale, [99], [114]; in Transylvania cession, [114].
• — Wabash, Shawnese on, [206], [207]; French, [207]; English, [87]; in Dunmore's War, [105]; Indians raided on, [213], [214].
• — Watauga, Boone on, [55], [56], [101], [115]; Cherokee council, [115], [116], [133]; early settlement, [97].
• — Yadkin, early known to Pennsylvanians, [14]; Bryan family on, [25]-[27], [43]; Boone family, [16]-[20], [24]-[27], [34], [43], [55]-[57], [68]-[70], [81], [89], [95], [96], [100], [102], [103], [125], [158], [168], [169], [208], [209]; Indians on, [18], [19], [22], [37]-[56], [59], [60]; hunting, [17], [18], [28]-[34], [55], [58]; trading caravans, [31], [58]; crime, [60]-[62]; Finley's arrival, [71], [72].
• — Yellowstone, Boone on, [229].
• Robinson, Chief Justice, on Wilderness Road, [172], [173], [175].
• —, David, militia leader, [134].
• Rockingham County (Va.), Boones in, [16]; Lincolns, [174].
• Rocky Mountains, explorations of, [231], [232].
• Rowan County (N.C.), Boones in, [25], [55], [174].
• Russell, Henry, killed by Indians, [103].
• —, Col. William, starts for Kentucky, [101]-[103]; in Dunmore's War, [105], [108]; in Revolutionary War, [134].

• St. Asaph (Ky.), founded, [121].
• St. Augustine (Fla.), Boone in, [65].
• St. Charles County (Mo.), Boones in, [220]-[241].
• St. Clair, Gov. Arthur, raids Indians, [214], [215], [217].
• St. Louis, Spanish seat, [220], [221], [223]; fur market, [229]; Harding at, [237]; Gazette, [239], [240].
• Salisbury (N.C.), Boone near, [18], [62].
• Salling, Peter, in Kentucky, [87].
• Salt Licks, in Kentucky, [90], [92], [118], [146], [151]; near Prestonburg, [69], [70]; Big, [82], [117]; Big Bone, [82], [83], [87]; Blue, [82], [158], [166], [188], [189], [194]; Buffalo, [17]; French, [101]; Grassy, [181]; Knob, [92]; Lower Blue, [135], [147]-[151], [160].
• Scotch-Irish, among frontiersmen, [5], [14], [22], [66], [128], [196].
• Scott, Gen. Charles, raids Indians, [214].
• Searcy, Bartlet, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• —, Reuben, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Shawnese Indians, raid Southern tribes, [19]; in Kentucky, [23]; in Dunmore's War, [104], [105], [107], [108], [110]-[113]; capture Boone, [77], [78], [146]-[158]; capture girls, [134]-[136]; attack Boone, [103]; in Revolutionary War, [132], [139]-[144], [156], [157], [160]-[167], [170], [179], [180], [183]-[191], [193]; raided by Kentuckians, [206], [207].
• Sheltowee (Big Turtle), Boone's Indian name, [152].
• Silouee, Cherokee chief, [45].
• Sitting Bull, Indian hero, [52].
• Skaggs, Henry, heads Long Hunters, [92].
• Slavery, among Indians, [42]; negro, [33], [103], [184].
• Smith, John, on Indian warfare, [111].
• South Carolina, pioneers of, [13]-[15]; in Cherokee War, [43], [44], [48]; regulators, [61]; interest in Western settlement, [138], [178].
• Southern Indians, attack whites, [60], [202], [204]. See also [Cherokee Indians].
• Spanish, extent of explorations, [85]; control Mississippi River, [202]-[205]; relations with Kentuckians, [197], [198], [202]-[205]; entice American colonists, [204], [205], [220], [222].
• Sports, of pioneers, [32], [33].
• Station Camp Creek, Boone on, [73]-[79].
• Staunton (Va.), Boone at, [183].
• Stephen, Col. Adam, raids Cherokees, [50].
• Stockfield, owned by Boone, [208].
• Stone, Uriah, in Kentucky, [90]-[92].
• Stone Mountain, crossed by Boone, [73].
• Stoner, Michael, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Stuart, John, early exploration of Kentucky, [66], [67]; accompanies Boone, [72]-[80]; death, [80].
• Sugar Tree Creek, Boones on, [27], [68].
• Surveying, on frontier, [88], [104], [107], [119]-[121], [127], [131], [171], [172], [181], [192], [193], [198], [200], [208], [209], [211], [212].
• Sycamore Shoals, treaty at, [115], [116].

• Tarleton, Col. Banastre, captures Boone, [182].
• Tate, Samuel, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Taylor, Hancock, hunts in Kentucky, [89], [90].
• —, Richard, hunts in Kentucky, [89], [90].
• Tecumseh, Indian hero, [52].
• Tennessee, Virginia hunters in, [20], [91]; Boone, [55]-[57]; Cherokee lands settled, [99]; attacked by Southern Indians, [202], [204].
• Terre Haute (Ind.), Virginians at, [91].
• Teugue Creek, Boone buried on, [240].
• Thoreau, Henry David, likened to Boone, [10].
• Todd, Capt. John, Kentucky pioneer, [125], [131]; militia leader, [134], [180]; killed by Indians, [188], [189].
• Towns, Oswell, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Transylvania Company, settles Kentucky, [113]-[176], [208]; nullified by Virginia, [134], [176].
• Trigg, Col. Stephen, militia leader, [181]; killed by Indians, [188], [189].
• Tryon, Gov. William, conflict with regulators, [101]; runs boundary line, [69].
• Turkeys, [18], [72], [76], [92], [133].
• Turtle Creek, Braddock's defeat on, [21].
• Twitty, Capt. William, Kentucky pioneer, [117].

• Vardeman, John, Kentucky pioneer, [117].
• Vincennes (Ind.), won by Clark, [159], [169], [190].
• Virginia, early Indian hostilities, [111]; early explorations from, [85]-[87], [89]-[91]; pioneer advance through, [13]-[15], [20]; Boones in, [16], [43], [57]; path to Kentucky, [115]; in French and Indian War, [20]-[23], [37], [41], [47]-[49]; in Dunmore's War, [105]-[112]; losses in Indian wars, [205]; sends settlers to Kentucky, [178], [192]; opposition to Henderson, [116], [123], [127], [130], [133], [134], [176]; interest in Western settlement, [138]; regulators, [61]; organizes Kentucky County, [123], [133], [134], [174]; in Revolutionary War, [148], [169], [171], [203]; aids Kentucky, [138], [139], [143], [146], [150], [159], [165], [172], [174], [190], [207], [208]; erects district of Kentucky, [195]; Boone in Assembly, [182], [183], [215]; grants land to Boone, [177]; fails to release Kentucky, [204].
• —, Valley of, its pioneers, [13]-[16], [19], [20], [24], [31], [35], [100], [102].

• Waddell, Capt. Hugh, in French and Indian War, [21]; in Cherokee War, [44], [45], [49], [50], [55], [56].
• Walker, Felix, Kentucky pioneer, [117], [118].
• —, Dr. Thomas, in Kentucky, [87].
• War of 1812-15, effect on Missouri, [230].
• Ward, John, explores Kentucky, [66].
• Warriors' paths, [73], [76], [79], [180].
• Washington, George, in French and Indian War, [20], [21]; in Kentucky, [87]-[89], [100], [104]; in Revolutionary War, [138].
• Wayne, Gen. Anthony, conquers Indians, [217], [218].
• Welch, Rev. James E., describes Boone, [236], [237].
• Welsh, among frontiersmen, [4], [5].
• West Virginia, pioneer advance through, [13]-[15]; Boone in, [210]-[222], [235].
• Whitley, William, arrives in Kentucky, [125].
• Wilcoxen, Elizabeth, marries Benjamin Cutbirth, [66].
• Wildcats, [18].
• Wilderness Road, [130], [146], [172]-[174], [178], [184], [198], [202]. See also [Cumberland Gap].
• Wilkes County (N.C.), Boone in, [68].
• Wilkesboro (N.C.), Boone near, [68].
• Wilkinson, Gen. James, raids Indians, [214].
• Wisconsin State Historical Society, possesses Boone's records, [ix]-[x], [208].
• Wolves, [18].
• Wood, Col. Abraham, on Western waters, [86].
• Wyandot Indians, in Revolutionary War, [184].