- Daniel Boone, one of the most adventurous of all "pioneers of civilization." to whose courage, endurance and skill, America owes so much, was born in Virginia. At an early period, he emigrated to North Carolina, but his love of the wilderness not being sufficiently gratified here, he planned an expedition, and with a few adventurous men entered into Kentucky. On June 7th, 1769, he reached the famous Red River and was captured by a tribe of hostile Indians, who finally adopted him. At the first opportunity he escaped and fought his way back to a settlement. Shortly after, while agent for a Carolina company, he built a fort on the site now known as Boonesborough, and here were fought the greatest Indian battles in the history of that period. In 1777 that place was attacked several times by bands of Indians who were repulsed with heavy losses. On the 6th of August, 1777, that famous battle of Boonesborough was fought; 450 Indians led by Chief Blackfish and officered by French Canadian renegades attacked the fort. In spite of repeated assaults, that little garrison of less than fifty men set at defiance its enemies, who were finally obliged to return with heavy losses. Besides being famous as an Indian fighter, he was also noted as a successful hunter and trapper, which vocation he followed to almost the last few years of his life. He died a peaceful death in his son's home in 1822, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. In portraying this wonderful life, great pains have been taken to accurately reproduce the famous battles, as well as locations mentioned in history, and the result is a magnificent production of Indian and pioneer life, seldom, if ever, equaled in moving pictures.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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