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OPINION/LIFESIYLE
Heaven Is A Lot Like Kentucky
BACK WITH
DANIEL
BOONE
Late September 1780,
near present-day Lexing-
ton, KY
The cool September eve-
rdng reminded him that
winter was close at hand,
and Daniel Boone knew
he wasn't going to put his
family through another
winter like they had en-
dured last year.
It was good that autumn
was coming, as he felt he
was in the autumn of his
life. He would be enjoy-
ing his 46th birthday on
Oct. 22, 1780, less than a
month away.
Few men along the Ken-
tucky frontier ever reached
such advanced years.
Boone's life had calmed
considerably from the
seemingly never-ending,
tumultuous events that
had plagued him with
one disaster after another
since he'd first attempted
to settle this 'Dark and
Bloody Ground.'
He was finally enjoy-
hag time with his seven
children, though he al-
ways lamented the death
of his oldest son James,
who died on Oct. 10, 1773
on Walden Ridge, in the
Cumberland Gap. James
and others had been killed
at the hand of Shawnee
warriors.
His youngest son (at
that time) William Boone
had died in July 1775 af-
ter being only one month
old. It was the same year
his oldest daughter Susan-
nah had married William
Hays.
He thought he would
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lose his daughter Jemima,
the summer following, in
1776, when she and two of
Colonel Calloway's daugh-
ters had been kidnapped
out of their boat on the
Kentucky River by Shaw-.
ne and Cherokee war-
riors.
Repatriating the three
terrified girls had been
quite an adventure.
The next year marked
the "year of the bloody
sevens", 1777 and he was
almost killed during an at-
tack on Fort Boonesboro,
when a Shawnee musket
ball crushed his ankle
bone. His new friend Si-
mon Butler (Kenton) saved
his life that April day, car-
rying him into the fort as
the attack began.
Less than a year later
marked a dark time in
his life during his captiv-
ity, again by his nemesis
Shawnee. Also captured
were 28 men under his
command at the Lower
Blue Licks in January of
1778.
The men, who were mak-
ing salt for the Kentucky
settlements, were divided
among the Shawnee and
other tribes, with some
being sold to the British
at Detroit and others, like
Boone, being adopted.
He escaped in June
and returned to his home
only to find his wife and
children gone back to her
father's home in the Caro-
linas.
Only his daughter Jemi-
ma, her love Flanders Cal-
!0way, and the old family
cat were there to greet him.
There was little time to
wallow in sadness however
as he knew the fort would
soon be under attack. The
attack came within weeks
and developed into a pro-
longed (and subsequently
quite famous) siege.
The Kentuckians under
Boone were victorious,
but that did not stop a
court martial proceeding
against Boone from being
held in Harrodsburg.
Boone faced several seri-
ous charges regarding his
surrender of the salt mak-
ers.
Boone was acquitted and
promoted to Lt. Colonel of
the militia, but several of
the inhabitants blamed
him for the continued ab-
sence of their family mem-
bers who had been cap-
tured with the salt makers
at Blue Licks.
Boone went to the Caro-
linas and returned to Ken-
tucky in Dec. 1779, bring-
ing several of his extended
family members with him,
as well as new families,
including the Lincolns (fu-
ture president Abraham's
family) and the Scholls.
Among his own family
members that made the
trek from the Carolinas,
through the Cumberland
Gap and to Fort Boones-
boro, coming back with
Daniel Boone was his
brother Edward. Edward,
or Neddy as Daniel called
him, had married his wife's
sister, Martha Bryan.
Neddy and Martha had
six children: Charity,
Jane, Mary, George, Jo-
seph and Sarah.
The group began con-
structing Boone's Station
upon arrival in Kentucky,
facing the harshest winter
in memory with minimal
Giving A Helping Hand
By Mark Harper
News Reporter
Mark@thecadislemercury.com
No matter what kind
of life someone lives, they
always can use a helping
hand, and giving someone
some help can make you
feel like a better person.
People always experience
times of need, ranging from
physical help, to emotion
and mental help as weU.I
have always found that the
best help will come from
parents, significant other,
siblings and friends. They
always seem to know what
helps you out in life. They
know what makes you hap-
py and sad. And a friend or
family member who says
or does things to make you
feel more negative about
yourself, well you should
not' listen to those people
at all.I believe you should
always live your life to the
fullest, and do things that
make you happy• If you are
doing something that you
are unsure about or you're
worried about the outcome,
then you should probably
rethink what you're getting
ready to do.Helping people
can prove to be a great
thing. Not only does it
make you a better person,
it also establishes trust and
respect to the person you've
helped.Sometimes even
seeing someone else help-
ing out another person can
make you feel good about it
and even make you want to
help out more.Being able
to see the smile on people's
faces after you help lets you
know that everything was
worth it.There are some
people out there that don't
want help. Some don't want
help because they are self-
reliant, but others axe self-
ish people who think only
they can do good and that
no other person can com-
pare with them and aren't
willing to help many people.
Some of these people I call
"egomaniacal." And some
of the people who think this
way are the people that lat-
er on in life, when they re-
ally do need help, nobody is
going to want to help them
because of their past. And
they would have to prove
themselves and show a lot
of respect and goodness to
others to get the help they
need when they finally
do need it, because like I
said in the beginning. Ev-
erybody eventually needs
help.I believe that I am a
helping person. If someone
needs help and shows me
respect, and the help they
need is not too much and
is not illegal then I usually
have no worries about help-
ing.So next time that you
are walking about and you
see somebody drop some-
thing or need help picking
something up, don't hesi-
tate to help them out. But
if you try to help and they
refuse, then just walk away
they obviously don't appre-
ciate anyone's help.
Insurance Company
protection from the ele-
ments in their half-face
camps.
They ,began the process
just before Christmas not
wanting to stay in Fort
Bonesboro where Daniel
Boone continued to re-
ceive threatening remarks
and stares from those who
thought him loyal to the
British crown.
With spring came the
construction of cabins and
a fort, clearing land and
planting crops at Boone's
Station.
And now winter was
coming again.
Daniel Boone was pre-
paring to make his sojourn
northward for a 'fall buf-
falo hunt" that he knew
would help provide provi-
sions for his family, and
those of his extended fam-
ily who now called Boone's
Station their home.
He would be taking Ned-
dy with him.
Neither of them knew
it at the time, but they
would soon be involved
in another battle with
the Shawnee, one which
claim the life of Neddy
Boone.
To be continued.
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