Produced by David Edwards, Jen Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Florida's Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM)) Transcriber's Note: In the contents list for Chapter II, 'Daniel Doone is rejoiced' was changed to 'Daniel Boone'. 'Boon' in the frontispiece illustration caption has however been retained. Variations in use of hyphens have been standardised within the text. Less usual spelling of words such as rackoon and periogues have been left as they appear in the original book. The spelling of Colonel Calloway/Calaway has been left as it appears in the original. THE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE, THE KENTUCKY RIFLEMAN. BY THE AUTHOR OF "UNCLE PHILIP'S CONVERSATIONS." "Too much crowded--too much crowded--I want more elbow-room."--_Boone on his way to Missouri._ NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO., 200 BROADWAY. PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE S. APPLETON, 164 CHESNUT ST. MDCCCL. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, By D. APPLETON & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY THE LADS OF KENTUCKY, This Volume IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED, BY UNCLE PHILIP. [Illustration: DANIEL BOON. From the Basso Relievo in the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Page. Daniel Boone is born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania--His father removes to the Schuylkill--Boone's early passion for hunting--Kills a panther--Wanderings in the woods--Is sent to school--The school is broken up--Boone returns to his sports--His father removes to the Yadkin river in North Carolina--While the farm is improving Daniel is hunting--The neighborhood begins to be settled--Daniel is dissatisfied--Settlement of Mr. Bryan--Daniel Boone goes out upon a fire hunt--Strange adventure--Marries Rebecca Bryan--Makes a home for himself on the head waters of the Yadkin--Men begin to crowd upon him--determines to move 13 CHAPTER II.