At the close of the war, as he passed through Philadelphia on his way home, the people received him with great enthusiasm. In 1785 he moved with his family to a plantation which the State of Georgia had given him. Here he lived in quiet and happiness less than a year, when he died of sunstroke at the age of forty-four. His comrade, Wayne, who was with him at the time of his death, said of him: "He was great as a soldier, great as a citizen, immaculate as a friend.... I have seen a great and good man die." REVIEW OUTLINE THE BRITISH ATTEMPT TO GET CONTROL IN THE SOUTH. DARK OUTLOOK FOR THE AMERICANS. YOUNG GREENE A LEADER IN OUT-DOOR SPORTS. GREENE MADE BRIGADIER-GENERAL. HE TAKES COMMAND IN THE SOUTH. GENERAL GREENE AND HIS ARMY. THE BATTLE OF COWPENS. GREENE'S PLANS. HIS ALERTNESS AND FORESIGHT. A FAMOUS RETREAT. PARTISAN LEADERS. FRANCIS MARION AND HIS MEN. MARION'S METHODS: THE "SWAMP FOX." GREENE OUTWITS CORNWALLIS. GENERAL GREENE AFTER THE WAR. TO THE PUPIL 1. Why did the British wish to get control of the South? 2. How did Greene look? What do you admire in his character? 3. What was the condition of his army when he took command of it in the South? 4. What was the "race for life"? How did it result? 5. Describe Francis Marion and tell all you can about his habits. 6. Tell the story of Marion and the British officer. 7. What were Marion's methods of annoying the British? 8. Are you constantly trying to form mental pictures as you read? CHAPTER XVIII Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer [1735-1820] [Illustration: Daniel Boone.] You will recall that at the beginning of the Last French War in 1756 the English colonies lived almost entirely between the Alleghany Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. Such continued to be their narrow boundaries up to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. To understand how, at the end of this war, the western boundary had been extended to the Mississippi, we must turn our attention to those early western pioneers, the backwoodsmen, who rendered very important services to their country. One of the most noted of these pioneers was Daniel Boone. He was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1735. Caring little for books, he spent most of his time in hunting and fishing. The woods were his special delight, and naturally he became an expert rifleman. The story is told that when a small boy he wandered one day into the forest some distance from home, and built himself a rough shelter of logs. There he would spend days at a time with only his rifle and game for company. The rifle served to bring down the game, and this he cooked over a fire of logs. A prince might have envied his dreamless slumber as he lay on a bed of leaves with the skin of a wild animal for covering. This free, wild life trained him for his future career as a fearless hunter and woodsman. [Illustration: The Kentucky Settlement.]