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The narrative follows Daniel Boone and his companions as they explore and map the Kentucky frontier, opening trails and scouting promising settlement sites while confronting the hazards of wilderness life. Episodes depict hunting and tracking, negotiations with Shawnee parties, a period of capture, and several armed engagements culminating in a pitched battle and the defense of a frontier fort and cabins. Interwoven are descriptions of trail-making, scouting techniques, and daily backwoods living, presented through action-driven scenes. A concluding chapter offers a compact biographical sketch of Boone, tying the adventure episodes to his life and the broader effort to open the region to settlers.
[1] Cumberland Mountains.
[2] This shot is what came to be known later as “barking off.” The American naturalist, Audubon, in his “Ornithological Biography” speaks of Boone’s performing the feat a number of times in procuring specimens.
[3] Afterward called the Kentucky River.