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357 Index Adam (slave of William Russell), 56–57 American national identity, during Boone’s life: and conflict between British and Americans, 94–99, 116–17, 121–23, 135–36, 148, 150, 281; and conflict between British and French, 5, 12–19, 24–25, 41, 226–27, 235, 281; and conflict between British colonies , 12, 92, 100, 281; and conflict between Spanish and Americans, xv, 233–37, 281; and conflict between Spanish and British, 41, 226–27; and conflict between Whigs and Tories, 92, 99; growth in national identity after adoption of Constitution, 281. See also Boone, Daniel—conflicting loyalties; Declaration of Independence; Indian-white relations; Louisiana Purchase ; War of 1812 American Revolution. See Revolutionary War Anglicans, 6, 79, 83, 110 Arbuckle, Matthew, 124–25 Aron, Stephen, 139, 286, 352, 354–55 Asbury, Francis, 225 Attakullakulla (Cherokee chief), 71–72 Audubon, John James, 51, 254 Austin, Moses: on immigrants to Kentucky and the Wilderness Road, 220, 225, 329n11; on lead mines in Missouri, 234–35; on Louisville, 229; predicts wilderness will be overspread by American towns and villages , 235; on St. Louis, 229 Baily, Francis, 217, 231, 331n17 Bailyn, Bernard, 289n5, 290n18, 346 Bakeless, John, 287, 343, 346, 351 Bear, 10, 31, 35–36, 40, 54, 85, 104–05, 167, 172, 220, 223, 265 Beaubien, Charles, 127, 135 Beaver: abundance of, 10, 49, 85, 242; economic importance of pelts, 33–34, 147, 219; how to trap, 34, 347; products made from fur of, 22; trapped by Boone or Nathan Boone, 30, 127, 222, 231, 240, 242–43, 248, 253,; wars over trade in pelts, 37 Belue, Ted Franklin, 295n1, 295n4, 295n7, 344, 347, 351 Big Jim (Indian), xx, 57, 189, 199 Bingham, George Caleb, 267, 339n23 Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone . . . (Flint), 256–57, 265–66, 288, 331n16, 345 Bird, Henry, 171 Blackfish (Shawnee chief): Boone’s adoptive father, 2, 134–38, 142–43, 154, 195; capture of salt-boilers, 128–31, 183; daughters of, 138; death, 163; leads attacks on Kentucky, 118, 126–27; salt-boiling on Scioto River, 143; and siege of Boonesborough, 2, 133, 149–55; son possibly killed by Boone, 134, 313n14; wears cappo, 191 Bluegrass (grass), 47, 299n35 Bluegrass (region of Ky.), 29, 33, 40, 60, 91, 169, 182, 184, 187, 211, 221, 249, 279, 282, 349, 353 358 index Blue Jacket (Shawnee chief), xxi, 198–99 Blue Licks, xix, 19, 36, 51, 108, 110, 126, 128, 172, 175, 255 Blue Licks, Battle of, xx, 54, 91, 95, 97, 101, 177–82, 190, 194, 321n37, 321n39, 349 Bodmer, Karl, 111 Boofman v. Hickman, 211, 301n36 Boone, Daniel: adoption by Shawnees, 134–38; ancestry, 3–11; appearance, 22, 173, 229–30, 293n8; attitude toward sex, 6, 25–26; biographers, xxi–xxii, 23, 25, 26, 31, 47, 93, 105, 134, 137, 234, 246, 265–68, 283, 288, 344–46, 355–56; birth and childhood , 3–11; and Boonesborough’s founding and defense, 76–77, 81, 85–87, 90; and Boone’s Station, 166–7; on Brushy Creek, 224; burial instructions, 247; as businessman , 167–68, 201, 203–15, 220–24; captured by Shawnees, 91, 126–29; captured by Tarleton’s rangers, 173; character and principles, xv, 8, 168–69, 199, 236, 274–75; coffin, 2, 253–54, 259, 270, 336n9; commissary for militia, 221–22; commissioned as militia captain, 64–66, 117; court-martial, 136, 160–61; courtship, 22–23; creditors, 40, 44, 220–21, 231, 234, 251; in Culpeper County, 24; damns British for inciting Indian attack, 160; death and burial, 258–59; defends settlements during Dunmore’s War, 61–66; depositions, 211, 238–39, 255, 299n45, 301n36, 303n18, 327n43, 337n17; at Detroit, 135–36; “elbow-room” need, 230–31, 277, 331n16; escape from Shawnees, 142–44; explorer, scout, and leader of immigrants , 51, 55–57, 162–63, 274; fame, 148, 216–19, 249, 260, 263; and farming, 10, 25, 40, 46, 55, 245–47, 277, 282; and John Filson, 216–19 (see also Filson, John); and Florida, 41–43; at Fort Osage, 248, 335n42; at French Lick (Nashville), 54; gauntlet run, 131; ginseng digger and trader, xx, 28, 201, 213–15, 220, 223, 232, 353; health, 27–28, 222–23, 236, 242, 246–48, 252, 254, 258; horse trader, 221; and Gilbert Imlay, 209–10, 217, 264, 327n35; land investor and jobber, 166–69, 201, 203–11, 215, 232, 245, 250–51; lawsuits and claims involving , xv, xx, 40, 206, 211, 215, 222, 228, 231, 233, 251, 328nn44–45, 327n41, 328n45, 353; legislator, 173–74...
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