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Daniel Boone - College Paper

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone
By: Kyle Williams

Daniel Boone was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin in Berks County, near present-day Reading, Pennsylvania. He is one of the most famous pioneers in United States history. He spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier.

Boone rarely attended school. He worked on the farm and spent his time hunting. When he was twelve his parents gave him his own rifle. He helped keep the family well provided with wild game. Around 1750 the Boones moved to North Carolina and settled in the Yadkin River Valley. The Native American Indians who lived there did not like sharing their land with the settlers. The French and Indian War started in 1754 ...

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he moved back home he married a neighbor, Rebecca Bryon on August 14, 1756 and through his life ended up having ten kids. For the next few years, he made his living as a hunter and trapper. He would disappear for months a time into the Appalachian Mountains. Deer hides used for clothing were in high demand.

Eventually Boone's friend John found him and asked Boone to go on a trip with him to Kentucke. Six of them set out in 1769 and crossed through the Appalachians. Few white men had crossed the mountains. They built a camp near what is now Irvine, Kentucky, and spent the next few months hunting and exploring the wilderness. Boone traveled wearing buckskin leggings and a loose-fitting shirt made of animal skin. On his leather belt he attached a hunting knife, hatchet, powder horn, and a bullet pouch. Many images show Boone wearing a coonskin hat, but he preferred a wide-brimmed beaver felt hat to keep the sun out of his eyes. The Shawnee eventually captured Boone's ...

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Added: 4/30/2013 07:31:57 PM
Submitted By: tanyamw5910
Category: Biographies
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