1. Daniel Boone: The life of a frontiersman By Julian Freedman

2. Family  His grandfather came from England to America in 1717.  His father was a weaver and blacksmith and he raised livestock in the country near Reading, Pennsylvania.

3. Birth  Daniel was born on November 2 nd,1734  He was Sarah & Squire Boone's sixth child

4. Childhood  He had little formal education  But he learned the skills of a woodsman at a early age  By the age of 12 he was an expert marksman and provided fresh game for his family.

5. Marriage  In 1756 Boone married Rebecca Bryan, a pioneer woman with great courage and patience.  He spent most of the next ten years hunting and farming to feed his family.

6. His First Journey  In 1769 a trader and old friend, John Findley visited Boone's cabin.  John was looking for an overland route to Kentucky and needed a skilled woodsman and rifle man to guide him.  So he picked Daniel Boone to lead him.

7. His First Journey Cont.  Boone, Findley and five men traveled along wilderness trails and through the Cumberland gap in the Appalachian mountains into Kentucky.

8. His First Journey Cont.  Boone vowed to return with his family one day.  They found a "hunter's paradise" filled with buffalo, deer, wild turkey and meadows ideal for farming.

10. The Second Journey  In 1775 Boone and 30 other woodsmen were hired to improve the trails between the Carolinas and the west.  The resulting route reached into the center of Kentucky and became known as the "Wilderness Road."

11. The Second Journey cont.  That same year Boone built a fort and village called Boonesborough in Kentucky he moved his family over the Wilderness Trail to their “new home”

12. Native American Encounters  Boone had many encounters with the Native Americans living in Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.  In 1776 Shawnee warriors kidnapped his daughter and two other girls.

13. Native American Encounters cont.  Two days later Boone caught up with the Indians and through surprise attack rescued the girls.  In 1778, he was captured by another band of Shawnee.

14. Living with the Indians  Boone learned that the tribe was planning an attack on Boonesborough while being kept prisoner by Chief Blackfish  He then made a settlement with Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee, preventing the attack.  The Indians admired their captive for his skill as a hunter and woodsman and adopted him into their tribe as a son of Blackfish

15. The Attack  He escaped when he learned the Shawnee and the British, were planning another attach on Boonesborough.  The settlement was reinforced in preparation for the assault.

16. The Attack cont.  When British soldiers and the Indians attacked, Boonesborough withstood a ten-day siege.  Chief Blackfish and the British finally withdrew

17. “ I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.” -Daniel Boone

18. Objective  What state did Daniel Boone make a fort/town in? A. Kentucky B. Kansas C. Mexico D. Jamaica