Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky is a 19th-century historical biography by John S. C. Abbott. It follows the life of the American frontiersman Daniel Boone, his role in exploring and settling Kentucky, and his encounters with Native Americans and the wilderness. It offers a vivid portrait of pioneer life and character.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by DODD & MEAD, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. ILLUSTRATED. "His youth was innocent; his riper age, Marked with some
act of goodness every day; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Cheerful he gave his being up and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent." NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. PREFACE. The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our country. And yet there are but few who are familiar with the events of his wonderful career, or who have formed a correct estimate of the character of the man. Many suppose that he was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this, he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men; feminine as a woman in his tastes and his deportment, never uttering a coarse word, never allowing himself in a rude action. He was truly one of nature's gentle men. With all this
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