HOONE.
BOONE.
iini«tient to l)f oil, and tlie opixirtimity wlucli
WH.)U presented itself found liini ready to improve
it. A hunter by the uanie of John Finley came
into his district, and. with his romantic accounts
of a recent excursion into the far west, easily
|iersuaded Boone to accompany him on an expe-
dition. A piirty of six men was formed, with
BtHine at tlie head. Diu-ing their journey all
were killed by the Indians but B<x)ne and his
brother Sijuire. In 1771 they decided to settle on
the l>ank of the Kentucky river. Daniel retiu-ned
to his houje in North Carolina for his wife and
chiKlren. and remained there two years, starting
Uick on Sept. '2'*. 1773. They were joined on their
way by five families and a band of about forty
men. The jvirty wsus beset by Indians, and sev-
eral of their number, including the eldest son of
Boone, were killeil. They did not reach their
destination, but stopped on the Clinch river,
•where a settlement had been already established.
About this time Lord Dunmore was engaged in
the camixiign known as Dunmore's war against
the Indians, and having heard of Boone's bravery
and skill in dealing with the savages he ap-
pointed him captain of a garrison. In April,
177r), Boone erected a stockade fort at Boones-
])orough, on the left bank of the Kentucky river.
Here his son Enoch was born — the first white
male child born in Kentucky. In 1777 the supply
of .salt became exhausted, and it was decided to
send a party of men to the Lower Blue Licks, on
Licking river, to manufacture a supply. Thirty
men led by Captain Boone .started on Jan. 1, 1778,
reached their destination and began their
enterpri.se successfully, but on February 7 they
were attacked by Indians, and the whole party
forced to surrender. They were carried to
Detroit and brought before the British com-
mander, who released all save Boone, whom the
Indians were determined to keep. In April he
was adopted by Blackfish, a Shawanese chief.
The ceremony was ludicrous but exceedingly
uncomfortable; the hairs of his head were
plucked out one by one, leaving only a round
tuft, or "scalp-lock," which was gaily decorated
with riblxjns and feathers. Then the victim
was thoroughly washed and rubbed in the river
to take all his white blood out, his head and face
painted, he was lectured by the chief, feasted,
and was pronounced one of the tribe. The In-
dians treated him with kindne.ss and he remained
with them until June, wlien he was alarmed to
learn that 4.jO warriors were about to march
again.st Boonesl>orough. On the morning of the
sixteenth he made his escape. In four days he
reache<l Boonesborough. a dLstance of 160 miles,
and warned the garri.son. The attack was [wst-
poned until early September, when nearly 500
Indians, with a party of Canadians, bore down
uiKin the little garrison of between sixty and
seventy men and commanded them to surrender.
This they refu-sed to do, and, despite the tre-
mendous odds, the Indians were repulsed. As
soon as he could be spared, Boone returned to
North Carolina, whither his wife and children
had gone during his captivity with the Indians.
In 1780 they returned to Boonesborougli, and in
the battle of Blue Licks, in 1782, Boone narrowly
escaped being killed. He had many desperate
adventures with the savages, and his life was
only saved by his ready wit in emergencies. On
the survey of Kentucky after its admission to
the Union in February, 1792, a dispute arose as to
the title of Boone's land. It was carried to the
courts and Boone lost the case. He left Ken-
tucky, and for a few years lived at Point Pleas-
ant on the Kanawha river, removing in 1795 to
Missouri, then imder the Spanish government.
He was granted 8,000 acres of land in the Femme
Osage district, and held it until 1804, when it
fell into the hands of the United States, and all
but 850 acres of it was confiscated. Boone
retained the full use of both mind and body
until he died. (See " Life of Daniel Boone " in
Jared Sparks's " American Biography " ; also the
biographies by John FiLson and T. Flint.) He
died in Charette, Mo., Sept. 26, 1820.
BOONE, Thomas, colonial governor, succeeded Francis Bernard as governor of New Jersey in 1760. In 1762 he became governor of South Caro- lina, holding that office until 1765. Governor Boone was considered "arbitrary and imperi- ous," and gained the ill-will of the colonists by "taking upon himself to be the sole judge of elections."
BOONE, William Jones, 1st bishop of the China mission and 45th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Walter- borough, S. C, July 1, 1811. He was graduated at the College of South Carolina, 1829; studied law imder Chancellor de Saussure, and was admitted to the bar in 1833, but his inclination turning to the church he began a theological course at the Seminary of Virginia, and, as a further preparation for missionary work, he pur- sued a medical course at the College of South Carolina. He was admitted to the diaconate in 1836, and consecrated to the priesthood by Bishop Bowen, [^ March 3, 1837. He was immediately elected as missionary to China, and sailed for that country in July of the same year. He was elected mi.ssionary bishop of China by the general convention in October, 1S44, and was consecra- ted in St. Peter's, Philadelphia. Oct. 26, 1844. He returned to China in December of the same year, where he labored until his death. He visited America in 1852, and again in 1857, for the recup- eration of his health. Bishop Boone secured an
