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DANIEL BOON

DANIEL BOON.

 

 

WILLIAM A. GALLOWAY, B. S., M. D., XENIA, OHIO.

In Prof. McFarland's excellent article on Simon Kenton, he

mentions Daniel Boon, as having been the most prominent early

settler of Kentucky. He also quotes from Boon's own account,

giving the date of his first journey, from his home on the Yadkin

River, North Carolina, in quest of the country of Kentucky, and

the names of his associates on this memorable trip.

Some of Col. Boon's most strenuous experiences occurred in

Ohio, and on this account his most valuable contribution to Ohio

history is here given. His own narrative may be found in

 

 

 

 

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OR REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT

 

AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, ETC., PROSE

AND POETICAL. FOR OCTOBER, 1787.*

 

 

Several orthographical points of interest will be noted. The

spelling of Old Chelicothe+ (pronounced by the Shawanese--

 

*Complete volumes of The American Museum from 1780 to 1789 are

a part of the valuable historical library of Hon. James Edmund Galloway,

Xenia, Ohio.

+The pronunciation of Che-li-coth-e comes down through the writer's

family, from James Galloway, Sr. It has undoubtedly been preserved cor-

rectly.  In the American Pioneer, June, 1842, occurs the following edi-

torial note by Jno. S. Williams: "Those valleys (the Scioto and Paint

Creek valleys) were favorites of the Aborigines also, in each of which

they built their che-le-co-the, which is understood to be an Indian name,

signifying town or city."

In the September number, 1842, of the same in an article on Logan,

Felix Renick, Esq., writes: "Captain Parsons informed me that he was

at the town where Logan then resided, and where he delivered his

speech. He called it chi-le-coth-e, sounding each syllable as it would,

detached from the rest."

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