[Footnote 23: Gallagher.]




CHAPTER IX.

Description of the Old Fort at Boonesborough--Usual methods of
fortification against the Indians--Arrival of more settlers at
Boonesborough--Captain Boone returns to the Clinch River to
bring out his family--He enlists new emigrants and starts for
Kentucky--Reinforced by a large party at Powell's Valley--Arrival
at Boonesborough--Arrival of many new settlers at Boonesborough and
Harrod's settlement--Arrival of Kenton, Floyd, the McAfees, and
other distinguished persons--Arrival of Colonel Richard Callaway.


As the old fort at Boonesborough became so celebrated in the Indian
wars which followed its erection, our readers may be curious to know
what sort of structure it was. "We have accordingly copied from a
print in Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky a view of the fort,
from a drawing made by Colonel Henderson himself, and the following
description: 'It was situated adjacent to the river, with one of the
angles resting on its bank near the water, and extending from it in the
form of a parallelogram. The length of the fort, allowing twenty feet
for each cabin and opening, must have been about two hundred and sixty,
and the breadth one hundred and fifty feet. In a few days after the work
was commenced, one of the men was killed by the Indians.' The houses,
being built of hewn logs, were bullet proof. They were of a square
form, and one of them projected from each corner, being connected by