Daniel Boone Essay.

Daniel Boone is an American Patriot known for discovering Kentucky

which used to be part of Virginia. Daniel Boone was born on October 22,
1734. His parent were Squire Boone and Sarah Jarman Morgan. He was
their 6th child. Daniel Boone was born in a family of Quakers. By the age of
13, Daniel got his first rifle. He became friends with the Delaware Indian
tribe. The Natives taught Daniel a lot about surviving in the woods. In 1750,
Daniel volunteered to be part of the French and Indian War. There Daniel
was a wagoner. In 1750 - 1761, Daniel fought versus the Cherokee tribe in
North Carolina. He was part of Colonel Hugh Waddells troops. During the
Battle of the Monongahela, Boone escaped death when the wagons were
attacked by Indians.In 1775, Daniel led 30 men into Boones trail called
Boones Wilderness Trail.The trail was from Tennessee to Kentucky. The
Indians that roamed the place killed some of Daniels men. When they
reached Otter Creek, which is in Kentucky, Daniel and the rest of his men
started building Fort Boone. In 1769, Daniel Boone marked the trail from
North Carolina to Tennessee. While Daniel was hunting in Kentucky, Daniel
was captured twice by Shawnee Indians. In 1773, Daniel wanted to settle in
Kentucky but the Indians makes Daniel and his party leave. In the year 1776,

Daniel Boone led an expedition to bring back her daughter, Jemima, who
had been captured by the Shawnee tribe. This was Daniel Boones first ever
expedition he had led. After bringing her back, Daniel was captured by the
Indians. He later escaped and came back home. In 1777, Daniel Boone
became captain of the Virginia Militia. During a war with the Shawnee
Indians, Daniel was shot in the ankle. He later recovered. A year later,
Daniel was captured by the Shawnee Indians. He was adopted by Chief
Blackfish. He later escaped after five months with the Natives. Daniel came
back to Virginia to serve the Militia again. He defended the Fort
Boonesborough after a nine day attack from the Shawnee Indians. Daniel
was the leader of the defense. After a year, Daniel went to North Carolina to
retrieve his family whom they presumed he was dead. During his return he
made a new fort called Boones Station in Athens, Kentucky. Two years
later, in 1781, Daniel was elected as a member of the Virginia legislature. A
year later, in 1782, Daniel fought in the Battle of the Blue Licks by Bryons
station. There the Indians put Bryons station under siege. The militia
attacked the Indians to Blue Licks, where the Indians ambushed the militia.
There Daniels son, Israel, was killed during the ambush. A few years later,
Daniel was losing most of his property in Kentucky, so he moved to Spanish
Territory. Daniel received Spanish land grants so he may live there with his

family. He had 850 acres to live with the grant he had received from the
Spanish. Daniel was also appointed to be one of the seven Spanish
Commandments. He was given his own district Femme Osage. In 1820,
Daniel Boone died in his daughters house in Missouri. He was later buried
in Frankfort, Kentucky on October 22, 1845.