CHAPTER VIII.

The militia discharged--Captain Boone returns to his
family--Henderson's company--Various companies of emigrants to
Kentucky--Bounty lands--Harrod's party builds the first log-cabin
erected in Kentucky, and founds Harrodsburg--Proceedings of
Henderson's company--Agency of Captain Boone--He leads a company to
open a road to Kentucky River--Conflicts with the Indians--Captain
Boone founds Boonesborough--His own account of this expedition--His
letter to Henderson--Account of Colonel Henderson and the
Transylvania Company--Failure of the scheme--Probability of Boone
having been several years in the service of Henderson.


On the conclusion of Dunmore's war, the militia were discharged from
service, the garrisons which had been under Captain Daniel Boone's
command were broken up, and he once more returned to his family, who
were still residing on Clinch River. But he was not long permitted to
remain comparatively idle. Captain Boone's character as an able officer
and a bold pioneer, was now well known and appreciated by the public.
The marks of confidence bestowed on him by Governor Dunmore rendered
him one of the most conspicuous men in the Southern colonies, and his
services were soon to be put in requisition by the most considerable and
remarkable of all the parties of adventurers who ever sought a home in
the West. This was Henderson's company, called the Transylvania Company,
to whose proceedings we shall presently refer.