Posted on 09/26/2020 12:45:28 PM PDT by Borges
Pat Boone’s ancestor. Any resemblance?
He was my aunt’s (ggg...)grandfather and died in Missouri.
Daniel Boone was a man.
Yes, a big man.
From the coonskin cap on the top of old Dan
to the heel of his rawhide shoe
The rippingest, roaringest, fightingest man
the frontier ever knew.
A real woodsman, survivor, Indian fighter, aka bad ass.
Daniel Boone related trivia. Daniel Boone was a professional hunter in the the late 18th century. He was not much of a farmer and supported his family largely from the proceeds of hunting. There was not much currency circulating where he lived on the frontier. The Spanish silver dollar was in circulation and was used in trade. Boone and other hunters could get one Spanish silver dollar for a buckskin. Hence a dollar became known as a “buck”.
Time grinds heroes into dust.
Petition of Daniel Boone praying for a grant of land within the territory of Louisiana, introduced to the Senate on January 2, 1810
“Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was an American frontiersman and a pioneer who played an important role in the exploration and settlement of western Kentucky, then considered the western frontier. Boone is also credited with defending the Kentucky border against Native American attacks during the American Revolution. In 1784, the widely read book Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke, included an account of Boone’s adventures, which helped establish him as one of the nation’s first folk heroes.
In 1798, the Spanish government offered Boone a post as Commadant of the Femme Osage District, then part of Spanish Louisiana. Boone accepted the post and emigrated with his family to what is now St. Charles County, Missouri. Boone acquired land in Louisiana when it was under Spanish rule, but his title was deemed invalid after the territory came into possession of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase.
In an attempt to reclaim his land, Boone petitioned the U.S. Congress. In this petition, Boone tells Congress that his land ‘has been wrested from him by a construction of the existing laws,’ and he is not ‘disposed to murmur or complain; but is conscious of the value and extent of his services,’ and ‘he solicits some evidence of their liberality.’”
In other words, Mother Government has been trying to steal our land pretty much since her inception!
Sic’ Em, Dan’l! Boo-Rah!
Actually Boone never was comfortable with being called an Indian fighter. He only admitted to killing one Indian. Boone was raised as a Quaker and it affected his out look for the rest of his life.
“Time grinds heroes into dust.”
So do these present day democrat/antifa/BLM scum with statues and memorials. A man like Mr. Boone does not come down through the ages with the reputation he has for nothing.
If there ever was a symbol for what it means to be an American it’s Daniel Boone !
Best book I have ever read on Daniel Boone.
To the loser left the bigger they are the harder they must fall.
A friend of a distant relative, John Finley.
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