Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone by Cecil B. Harley
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Indians on account of Boone's escape--Boone goes on an expedition to the
Scioto--Has a fight with a party of Indians--Returns to Boonesborough, which is immediately besieged by Captain Duquesne with five hundred Indians--Summons to surrender--Time gained--Attack commenced--Brave defense--Mines and countermines--Siege raised--Boone brings his family once more back to Boonesborough, and resumes farming. CHAPTER XIII. Captain Boone tried by court-martial--Honorably acquitted and promoted--Loses a large sum of money--His losses by law-suits and disputes about land--Defeat of Colonel Rogers's party--Colonel Bowman's expedition to Chilicothe--Arrival near the town--Colonel Logan attacks the town--Ordered by Colonel Bowman to retreat--Failure of the expedition--Consequences to Bowman and to Logan. CHAPTER XIV. Invasion of Kentucky by Captain Byrd's party--He captures the garrisons at Ruddle's Station and Martin's Fort--Colonel Clark's invasion of the Indian country--He ravages the Indian towns--Adventure of Alexander McConnell--Skirmish at Pickaway--Result of the expedition--Boone goes to the Blue Licks with his brother--Attacked by the Indians--Boone's brother killed--Boone promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel--Clark's galley--Squire Boone's Station removed to Bear's Creek--Attack by the Indians--Colonel Floyd's defeat--Affair of the McAfees--Attack on McAfee's Station repelled--Fort Jefferson evacuated--Attack on Montgomery Station--Rescue by General Logan. |
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