Boone leads a Party to the Blue Licks to make Salt--Capture of Boone and Surrender of the Entire Party--Conducted to Detroit--His Captors Refuse to Exchange him--He is Adopted by the Shawanoes--He discovers a Formidable Expedition is to move against Boonesborough--The Attack Postponed--Boone leads a Party against an Indian Town on the Scioto--Encounter with a War Party--Returns to Boonesborough--The State Invested by Captain Duquesne and a Large Force--Boone and the Garrison determine to Defend it to the Last--Better Terms Offered--Treachery Suspected--The Attack--The Siege Raised 96 CHAPTER XII. The Peculiar Position of Boonesborough--Boone rejoins his Family in North Carolina--Returns to Boonesborough--Robbed of a Large Amount of Money--Increased Emigration to the West--Colonel Rogers and his Party almost Annihilated-- Captain Denham's Strange Adventure 112 CHAPTER XIII. Colonel Bowman's Expedition--Its Disastrous Failure--Death of Boone's Son--Escape of Boone--Colonel Byrd's Invasion-- Capture of Ruddell's and Martin's Station--Daring Escape of Captain Hinkston 120 CHAPTER XIV. Colonel Clark's Invasion of the Indian Country--Boone is Promoted to the Rank of Colonel--His Brother Killed at Blue Licks and Boone narrowly Escapes Capture--Attack upon the Shelbyville Garrison--News of the Surrender of Cornwallis--Attack upon Estill's Station--Simon Girty the Renegade--He Appears before Bryant's Station, but Withdraws 130 CHAPTER XV. Arrival of Boone With Re-enforcements--Pursuit of the Indian Force--Boone's Counsel Disregarded--A Frightful Disaster--Reynold's Noble and Heroic Act--His Escape 136 CHAPTER XVI. General Clark's Expedition--A Dark Page in American History-- Colonel Crawford's Disastrous Failure and his own Terrible Fate--Simon Girty 144 CHAPTER XVII. Adventures of the Spies White and M'Clelland--Daring Defence of her Home by Mrs. Merrill--Exploits of Kernan the Ranger 155 CHAPTER XVIII. The Three Counties of Kentucky united into One District-- Colonel Boone as a Farmer--He outwits a Party of Indians who seek to capture him--Emigration to Kentucky--Outrages by Indians--Failure of General Clark's Expedition 172 CHAPTER XIX. General Harmar's Expedition against the Indians--Colonel Hardin Ambushed--Bravery of the Regulars--Out-generaled by the Indians--Harmar and Hardin Court-martialed--General St. Clair's Expedition and its Defeat 180 CHAPTER XX.