American - Explorer | November 2, 1734 - September 26, 1820
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
Daniel Boone
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
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Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
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Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
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One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.
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During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky 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.
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Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
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I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.
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I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.
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