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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 dition. A piirty of six men was formed, with BtHine at tlie head. Diu-ing their journey all were killed by the Indians but Bank 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
 * iersuaded Boone to accompany him on an expe-

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