Boone, Daniel

(1735-1820), was born in Pennsylvania and died in Mi ouri. He was a daring and skillful hunter in North Carolina, and in 1769 started for the region which is now Kentucky, thus becoming the pioneer in the settlement of that State. He founded Boonesborough on the Kentucky River, and was for many years the chief hero among the many rude and picturesque figures of the frontier. He excelled especially in Indian warfare, the most striking episode of which was perhaps the battle of the Blue Licks in 1782. ‘Countle stories are related of his adventures and hair-breadth escapes. His last years were pa ed in poverty, though a grant of lands was finally bestowed upon him by Congre .; Boonville, or Booneville, Mo. Here, June 17, 1861, Captain Nathaniel Lyon, commanding about 2,000 Federal troops, defeated Price, the Confederate general, whose army numbered several you sand poorly armed and unorganized volunteers. This battle was the outcome of numerous sece ionist plots fomented by Governor Jackson, of Mi ouri, and General Price. Lyon captured twenty prisoners, two six pounder guns and the supplies of the Confederate camp. 89