But this is only one of the many hairbreadth escapes of the fearless backwoodsman. Once while in a shed looking after some tobacco, four Indians with loaded guns appeared at the door. They said: "Now, Boone, we got you. You no get away any more. You no cheat us any more." In the meantime, Boone had gathered up in his arms a number of dry tobacco leaves, and with the dust of these suddenly filled the Indians' eyes and nostrils. Then while they were coughing, sneezing, and rubbing their eyes, he made good his escape. [Illustration: Indian Implements] But from all his dangerous adventures Boone came out safely, and for years remained the leader of the settlement at Boonesborough. He was certainly a masterful leader in that early pioneer life in Kentucky. The solitude of the wilderness never lost its charm for him even to the last of his long life. He died in 1820, eighty-five years old. It has been said that but for him the settlement in Kentucky could not have been made for many years. REVIEW OUTLINE WESTERN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. BOONE'S FONDNESS FOR LIFE IN THE WOODS. HE GOES TO KENTUCKY. HIS SOLITARY LIFE IN THE FOREST. HE PLANTS A SETTLEMENT IN KENTUCKY. BOONESBOROUGH. PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF DANIEL BOONE. HIS LOG CABIN. FOOD OF THE BACKWOODSMEN. LIFE OF THE PIONEER BOY. BOONE'S DAUGHTER CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS. HIS ADOPTION BY AN INDIAN TRIBE. BOONE'S IMPORTANT WORK. TO THE PUPIL 1. Try to form a picture of Boone alone in the woods in his boyhood, and then tell the story of what he did. 2. Do the same with Boone alone in the Kentucky forest after his brother had left him. 3. What do you admire in Boone's character? How did he dress? Describe his log cabin. Give some facts about the Kentucky settlers' diet. 4. Tell something about the life of the pioneer boy. 5. Give an account of Boone's adoption into an Indian tribe. 6. What was Boone's great work? CHAPTER XIX Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase [1743-1826] [Illustration: Thomas Jefferson.] Through the achievements of early pioneers and settlers, of whom Daniel Boone is the type, the region lying between the Alleghany Mountains and the Mississippi River came into the possession of the United States. In a very different way did the territory lying between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains become a part of the national domain. It was acquired not by exploration or settlement, but by purchase, and the man most intimately associated with this purchase was Thomas Jefferson.