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* BOONE. 305 BOORDE. Railroad. The city has a public library of over 5500 volumes, an opera house, and a hospi- tal. roiHilation, in 1890, G520: in inOO, 8880. BOONE, Daniel (1735-1820). A famous backvoo<lsnian and pioneer. He was born in Bucks County, Pa. About 1752 his family moved to llolman's Ford, on the Yadkin, in North Carolina, where Daniel Boone became re- inarkab!}- proficient as a hunter and trapper, and, for a time, attended school. He soon became res- tive under the restraints of civilized society, and, fired by the tales of John Finlev, a trapper who had visited the Kentucky River in 1752, entered the wilderness with five companions and spent two years (17li!)-71) roaming through the unknown forests. His companions were soon captured or killed by the Indians and he himself, together with a brother who had joined him in January, 1770, had many narrow escapes. In 1773 he started for eastern Kentucky with five families besides his own, but was forced to turn back by an Indian attack, and in 1774 served on the frontier during Lord Dunmore's War. In 1775, as agent of a North Carolina company, he built a fort on the site of the present Boonesboro, Ky., whither, soon afterwards, he brought his family. This fort was twice attacked, in 1777, by a large force of Indians, who, however, failed to capture it. Early in 1778 Boone led a party of 30 to the Lower Blue Licks on the Licking River to secure a supply of salt. Here, February 7, he was captured by a band of Indians, who, after taking him to Detroit, finally adopted him and allowed him such freedom that he managed to escape (June 16), and reached the fort at Boonesboro five days later, in time to help defend it (August 8) against an Indian attack. (See Boonesboro.) He then went to North Carolina, but in 1780 returned, and in 1782 took a promi- nent part in the 'Battle of Blue Licks.' He lost his Kentucky land through defective titles and moved, about 1790, to the Kanawha River, near Point Pleasant, Va., where he lived until 1795, when he again moved, this time to the Femme Osage settlement, in Spanish territory, about 45 miles west of Saint Louis. From 1800 to 1804, under a commission from the "'panish authorities, he was commandant of the Femme Osage District. After the purchase of Louisiana by the United States he was again involved in litigation, and ultimately lost nearly all his ilissouri land. He died, and was buried in Missouri, but in 1845 his remains were re- interred near Frankfort, Ky. Boone has come to be regarded as the t^'pical pioneer. He was bold and venturesome, insensible to fear, re- markably skilled in woodcraft, a fine marksman, and a successful trapper. Personally, he was mild-mannered, quiet, and unassuming. An ac- count of his life, based on his own relation, was written by Filson in 1784. The latest and best biography of Boone is that by R- ti- Thwaites (New York, 1902 J. Consult also Sparks's American Biography (New York, 1856). BOONE, William Jo.e.s (1811-64) An -Anifriciin clergj'man, first missionary bi.shop to China of the Protestant Epi.scopal Church. He was born at Walterborough, S. C, graduated at the College of South Carolina in 1829, was ad- mitted to the bar, but relinquished law, and in 1837 was ordained priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1844 he was consecrated missionary bishop. He was a profound scholar in the Chinese language and literature, translat- ed the Prayer-Book. and was prominent in the revision of tlie Chinese scrii)tures. BOONESBORO, boonz'bOr'6. . village in Madison County, Ky., on the Kentucky River, about 18 miles southeast of Lexington (Map: Kentucky, G 2). In 1775 Daniel Boone built his first fort here, and later in the year a land office was opened and the first legislature which ever assembled beyond the Alleghanies met here. In April and July, 1777, and in August, 1778, the fort was unsuccessfully attacked by the Indians. BOONTON, boUn'ton. A town in Morris County, N. ./., 10 miles northeast of Morrislown; on tlie Kockaway River, the itorris Canal, and the Lackawanna Railroad (ilap: New .Jersey, D 2). It is picturesquely situated among high hills, and is popular as a suburban place of resi- dence and a summer resort. The town has large iron-works, rolling-mills, drop-forge works, etc., and there are also important manufactures of agricultural implements, paper, paints, varnish, silk, and rubber. The .Jersey City water-works, forming a large lake three miles long by a mile or more in width, are located here. Boontpn was started by the establishment of a large factory, in 1831, by the New Jersey Iron Company. In Old Boonton, one mile distant, first settled about 1700, one of the first iron-works and the first slitting-mill in . ierica were built, the latter in 1770. Population, in 1900, 3901. BOON'VILLE. A town and the county-seat of Warrick County, Ind., 17 miles east by north of Evansville; on the Southern Railway" (Map: Indiana, B 4) . It is the centre of an agi-icultural region, in which timber abounds and which contains also valuable mineral deposits, including coal, fire and potterv clav, and some gold. Popu- Iction, in 1890, 1881; iii 1900, 2849. BOONVILLE. A city and the county-seat of Cooper County, ilo., about 40 miles north- west of Jefl'erson City: on the ^lissouri River, here crossed by a fine railroad bridge, and on the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroads (Map: Missouri, D 3). It has an important river commerce, and there are manufactures of shoes, flour, carriages, etc. The city has some reputation as a summer resort; is the seat of the State Reform School for Boys; and contains Harley Park, comprising 15 acres. Founded in 1818, Boonville was incorporated in 1839, and is now governed under a charter of 1896, which provides for a mayor, elected every two years, and a city council. Here, on •June 17, 1861, the Union General Lyon, with 2000 men, defeated the Confederates under Mar- maduke, commanding a somewhat larger force of ill-organized volunteers. Population, in 1890, 4141 : in 1900, 4377. BOORDE, bord, Andrew (0.1490-1549). An English traveler and physician, born near Cuck- field. He was educated at Oxford, and was early received into the order of Carthusian monks at the London Charterhouse. Disliking this rigid life, he went over to France, about 1528, to study medicine. He traveled extensive- ly on the Continent, visiting the leading uni- versities, and eventually reaching the Holy Land. His works comprise mainly the Introduc- tion of Knowledge (c.l547), said" to be the first printed hand-book of Europe, and to contain the first printed specimens of the Gypay Ian-