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202 of which the younger men became very fond. On one evening the veteran General Scott entertained the officers in his apartments and was drawn out to tell of pioneer Kentucky in whose battles he had displayed so much courage and lost his three sons. "He told us how Colundefined Boon first discovered Kentucky," wrote Posey; Colundefined Boon was a very enterprizing, smart man,' said General Scott, 'but very whimsical. There were frequent scouting expeditions in which the whole garrison was interested. On one occasion Wells's audacious rangers fell upon three Indians at their midday repast; one of the three in the pursuit was compelled to leap into a creek and when he "came up" he was found to be a white man, Christopher Miller. His life being saved, he renounced the wild career, visited his aged parents in Kentucky, and then returned to become one of Wayne's most successful spies. No doubt the soldiers laughed at this transformation of a red into a white man, and perhaps swore that if other Indians were dowsed equally well they would be found to be equally white and to be wearing British uniforms!