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To conclude, I can now say that I have verified the saying of an old Indian
who signed Col. Henderson's deed. Taking me by the hand, at the delivery
thereof, Brother, says he, we have given you a fine land, but I believe you will
have much trouble in settling it.--My footsteps have often been marked with
blood, and therefore I can truly subscribe to its original name. Two darling
sons, and a brother, have I lost by savage hands, which have also taken from me
forty valuable horses, and abundance of cattle. Many dark and sleepless nights
have I been a companion for owls, separated from the chearful society of men,
scorched by the Summer's sun, and pinched by the Winter's cold, an instrument
ordained to settle the wilderness. But now the scene is changed: Peace crowns
the sylvan shade.
What thanks, what ardent and ceaseless thanks are due to that all-superintending
Providence which has turned a cruel war into peace, brought order out of
confusion, made the fierce savages placid, and turned away their hostile weapons
from our country! May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster,
war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition.
Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the
joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her
copious hand.
This account of my adventures will inform the reader of the most remarkable
events of this country.--I now live in peace and safety, enjoying the sweets of
liberty, and the bounties of Providence, with my once fellow-sufferers, in this
delightful country, which I have seen purchased with a vast expence of blood and
treasure, delighting in the prospect of its being, in a short time, one of the
most opulent and powerful states on the continent of North- America; which, with
the love and gratitude of my country-men, I esteem a sufficient reward for all
my toil and dangers.
Fayette county, Kentucke.
DANIEL BOON
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