Show DANIEL BOONE T AHISTORY TALE I BY KATE STEPHENSOn STEPHENS-On the first day of lamiary 177S ISoono went t with It parly of thirty t men to make salt I at Blue Licks on the Llcklnnrriver In the account of what happened afterward the Kentucky hunter sa sOn s-On February 7th a < J was hunting to 1 procure meat for lhc 1 company I saw a party of 102 Indiana They pursued pur-sued and took rut und brought me beck to the licks 1 whnrq twentyseven men wore stiLl three having returned home with tho saIL r knowing It wa Impossible for any mou lo escape gave them notice nt a distance I and ordered IIJi him not to resist hut to suniMider tlumsolves l captives We proceeded MS prisoners to old Clmi ii led ito the principal I Indian I town I on Little Miami During our travels I the Indians I entlltl nod us well and their affection for us was so great that they utterly refused to leave I me In captivity to the llrltish as they left my mon At Chllllcotho I was adopted according ac-cording to Indian custom Into I a family fam-ily as a son and bad a great share of the aftocilon t of i my new parents and hint hots and sisters I was exceedingly familiar and friendly wi fit lie t fiidlani and iimcn use F appeared ch ory and xailslied they I pul i great confidencein me Often I i wont hunting with them and frequently frequent-ly I gaIned their applause for my ac tlvliy I at our shooting matches I was careful not to exceed many of them I in I shootl tug forjiono lire more envious LImit ii hey in ibis sport They showed In their t countenances and gestures I he greatest Joy whon they exceeded me and when they failed envy was evident I slept and ate with them Finally In lunv I bepau to plan an escape Early 1 In that month they look I me to some boltsprlnKS and kept me there making 511 lu for ten days During ibis time I t limo hunted some for ihem When T returned to Clnlll colho I was alarmed to eo lf > 0 warriors war-riors painted and armed in a fearful manneiv I determined to escape On the Hit h before sunrise I crept away In the mort feciet manner and after a Journey Jour-ney of irO miles arrived at Hnnnsbor ough on the LOlli During my Journey I hud hut olio meal I found our fortress In a bad 1 slate of defense We fell to work and ui I length t after ten days our repairs were completed V a daily expected the attacking Indians I But a prlsonm1 whom they had taken and who escaped es-caped old UP their expedition against our fortress was delayed three weeks by my secret running away that Jutm mOInln > |