adventures of col. daniel boone(丹尼尔·布思遇险)

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Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone

Adventures of Col. Daniel

Boone

John Filson

Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man, and interesting objects have a

powerful influence on our affections. Let these influencing powers actuate,

by the permission or disposal of Providence, from selfish or social views,

yet in time the mysterious will of Heaven is unfolded, and we behold our

conduct, from whatsoever motives excited, operating to answer the

important designs of heaven. Thus we behold Kentucke, lately an howling

wilderness, the habitation of savages and wild beasts, become a fruitful

field; this region, so favourably distinguished by nature, now become the

habitation of civilization, at a period unparalleled in history, in the midst

of a raging war, and under all the disadvantages of emigration to a country

so remote from the inhabited parts of the continent. Here, where the hand

of violence shed the blood of the innocent; where the horrid yells of

savages, and the groans of the distressed, sounded in our ears, we now

hear the praises and adoration of our Creator; where wretched wigwams

stood, the miserable abodes of savages, we behold the foundations of

cities laid, that, in all probability, will rival the glory of the greatest upon

earth. And we view Kentucke situated on the fertile banks of the great

Ohio, rising from obscurity to shine with splendor, equal to any other of

the stars of the American hemisphere.

The settling of this region well deserves a place in history. Most of the

memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the

satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my

adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country

until this day.

It was on the first of May, in the year 1769, that I resigned my

domestic happiness for a time, and left my family and peaceable habitation

on the Yadkin River, in North-Carolina, to wander through the wilderness

of America, in quest of the country of Kentucke, in company with John

Finley, John Stewart, Joseph Holden, James Monay, and William Cool. We

proceeded successfully, and after a long and fatiguing journey through a

mountainous wilderness, in a westward direction, on the seventh day of

June following, we found ourselves on Red-River, where John Finley had

formerly been trading with the Indians, and, from the top of an eminence,

saw with pleasure the beautiful level of Kentucke. Here let me observe,

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that for some time we had experienced the most uncomfortable weather as

a prelibation of our future sufferings. At this place we encamped, and

made a shelter to defend us from the inclement season, and began to hunt

and reconnoitre the country. We found every where abundance of wild

beasts of all sorts, through this vast forest. The buffaloes were more

frequent than I have seen cattle in the settlements, browzing on the leaves

of the cane, or croping the herbage on those extensive plains, fearless,

because ignorant, of the violence of man. Sometimes we saw hundreds in

a drove, and the numbers about the salt springs were amazing. In this

forest, the habitation of beasts of every kind natural to America, we

practised hunting with great success until the twenty-second day of

December following.

This day John Stewart and I had a pleasing ramble, but fortune

changed the scene in the close of it. We had passed through a great forest

on which stood myriads of trees, some gay with blossoms, others rich with

fruits. Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she

displayed her ingenuity and industry in a variety of flowers and fruits,

beautifully coloured, elegantly shaped, and charmingly flavoured; and we

were diverted with innumerable animals presenting themselves perpetually

to our view.--In the decline of the day, near Kentucke river, as we

ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a

thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners. The time of our sorrow

was now arrived, and the scene fully opened. The Indians plundered us of

what we had, and kept us in confinement seven days, treating us with

common savage usage. During this time we discovered no uneasiness or

desire to escape, which made them less suspicious of us; but in the dead of

night, as we lay in a thick cane-brake by a large fire, when sleep had

locked up their senses, my situation not disposing me for rest, I touched

my companion and gently awoke him. We improved this favourable

opportunity, and departed, leaving them to take their rest, and speedily

directed our course towards our old camp, but found it plundered, and the

company dispersed and gone home. About this time my brother, Squire

Boon, with another adventurer, who came to explore the country shortly

after us, was wandering through the forest, determined to find me, if

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possible, and accidentally found our camp. Notwithstanding the

unfortunate circumstances of our company, and our dangerous situation, as

surrounded with hostile savages, our meeting so fortunately in the

wilderness made us reciprocally sensible of the utmost satisfaction. So

much does friendship triumph over misfortune, that sorrows and sufferings

vanish at the meeting not only of real friends, but of the most distant

acquaintances, and substitutes happiness in their room.

Soon after this, my companion in captivity, John Stewart, was killed

by the savages, and the man that came with my brother returned home by

himself. We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to

perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the

country but ourselves.

Thus situated, many hundred miles from our families in the howling

wilderness, I believe few would have equally enjoyed the happiness we

experienced. I often observed to my brother, You see now how little nature

requires to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found

in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; And I firmly

believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in

whatsoever state he is. This consists in a full resignation to the will of

Providence; and a resigned soul finds pleasure in a path strewed with

briars and thorns.

We continued not in a state of indolence, but hunted every day, and

prepared a little cottage to defend us from the Winter storms. We remained

there undisturbed during the Winter; and on the first day of May, 1770, my

brother returned home to the settlement by himself, for a new recruit of

horses and ammunition, leaving me by myself, without bread, salt or sugar,

without company of my fellow creatures, or even a horse or dog. I confess

I never before was under greater necessity of exercising philosophy and

fortitude. A few days I passed uncomfortably. The idea of a beloved wife

and family, and their anxiety upon the account of my absence and exposed

situation, made sensible impressions on my heart. A thousand dreadful

apprehensions presented themselves to my view, and had undoubtedly

disposed me to melancholy, if further indulged.

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and

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