CHAPTER III

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Hunting party--Stewart is killed by the Indians--narrow escape of Daniel Boone--The companion of Squire Boone returns home--The two brothers alone in the wilderness--Cheerfulness of Daniel Boone--Squire returns to the Yadkin for ammunition--Daniel lives in the forest alone--His pleasant wanderings--Singular escape from the Indians--Encounter with a bear--Looks for the return of his brother--Disappointment--Is very sad--Squire suddenly arrives with ammunition and horses--Plans for the future--Daniel Boone chooses a spot on the Kentucky river--They return for his family--Sport by the way--They reach the Yadkin--Try to beat up recruits for Kentucky--Ridicule of the people--They start with five families--Forty men join them--Disaster by the way--They return to Clinch river--Various employments of Boone--He returns to Kentucky--Builds a fort--Removes his family to Boonesborough 42

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