Early visits to Kentucky--James McBride--Dr. Wacker and others--John Finlay goes to Kentucky trading with the Indians--Returns with glowing accounts of the country--Visits Daniel Boone and spends the winter with him--Boone is charmed with the stories--They determine in the spring to go to Kentucky--Meeting at Boone's house in May--With four companions they start for the west--Adventures by the way--They reach Finlay's old station on the Red river--Make their camp--Amuse themselves in hunting and exploring the country--Beauty of the country--Abundance of game--Boone and Stewart are taken by the Indians--Make their escape--Return to their camp--It is plundered and deserted--Arrival of Squire Boone--Daniel Boone is rejoiced to hear from his family 26 CHAPTER III. Hunting party--Stewart is killed by the Indians--narrow escape of Daniel Boone--The companion of Squire Boone returns home--The two brothers alone in the wilderness--Cheerfulness of Daniel Boone--Squire returns to the Yadkin for ammunition--Daniel lives in the forest alone--His pleasant wanderings--Singular escape from the Indians--Encounter with a bear--Looks for the return of his brother--Disappointment--Is very sad--Squire suddenly arrives with ammunition and horses--Plans for the future--Daniel Boone chooses a spot on the Kentucky river--They return for his family--Sport by the way--They reach the Yadkin--Try to beat up recruits for Kentucky--Ridicule of the people--They start with five families--Forty men join them--Disaster by the way--They return to Clinch river--Various employments of Boone--He returns to Kentucky--Builds a fort--Removes his family to Boonesborough 42 CHAPTER IV. Comforts of Boonesborough--Arrival of Colonel Calaway and his daughters--Capture of three girls by the Indians--Boone and Calaway pursue--Are made prisoners--Happy escape--New emigrants--County of Kentucky--Indian warfare--Attacks upon Harrodsburgh and Boonesborough--Expedition to the salt-licks on Licking river--Courage of Boone--Overcomes two Indians--Is met by a large Indian party--Made a prisoner--His long captivity and escape 59 CHAPTER V. Indian customs noticed by Boone during his captivity--Mode of hardening children--Changing names--Marriages--Burials--War parties--Celebration of victories--Torturing prisoners--Making treaties of peace 80 CHAPTER VI.