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1、AdventuresofCol.DanielBooneAdventuresofCol.DanielBooneJohnFilson1AdventuresofCol.DanielBooneCuriosityisnaturaltothesoulofman,andinterestingobjectshaveapowerfulinfluenceonouraffections.Lettheseinfluencingpowersactuate,bythepermissionordisposalofProvidence,fromselfishorsocialviews,yetintime
2、themysteriouswillofHeavenisunfolded,andwebeholdourconduct,fromwhatsoevermotivesexcited,operatingtoanswertheimportantdesignsofheaven.ThuswebeholdKentucke,latelyanhowlingwilderness,thehabitationofsavagesandwildbeasts,becomeafruitfulfield;thisregion,sofavourablydistinguishedbynature,nowbecom
3、ethehabitationofcivilization,ataperiodunparalleledinhistory,inthemidstofaragingwar,andunderallthedisadvantagesofemigrationtoacountrysoremotefromtheinhabitedpartsofthecontinent.Here,wherethehandofviolenceshedthebloodoftheinnocent;wherethehorridyellsofsavages,andthegroansofthedistressed,sou
4、ndedinourears,wenowhearthepraisesandadorationofourCreator;wherewretchedwigwamsstood,themiserableabodesofsavages,webeholdthefoundationsofcitieslaid,that,inallprobability,willrivalthegloryofthegreatestuponearth.AndweviewKentuckesituatedonthefertilebanksofthegreatOhio,risingfromobscuritytosh
5、inewithsplendor,equaltoanyotherofthestarsoftheAmericanhemisphere.Thesettlingofthisregionwelldeservesaplaceinhistory.MostofthememorableeventsIhavemyselfbeenexercisedin;and,forthesatisfactionofthepublic,willbrieflyrelatethecircumstancesofmyadventures,andscenesoflife,frommyfirstmovementtothi
6、scountryuntilthisday.ItwasonthefirstofMay,intheyear1769,thatIresignedmydomestichappinessforatime,andleftmyfamilyandpeaceablehabitationontheYadkinRiver,inNorth-Carolina,towanderthroughthewildernessofAmerica,inquestofthecountryofKentucke,incompanywithJohnFinley,JohnStewart,JosephHolden,Jame
7、sMonay,andWilliamCool.Weproceededsuccessfully,andafteralongandfatiguingjourneythroughamountainouswilderness,inawestwarddirection,ontheseventhdayofJunefollowing,wefoundourselvesonRed-River,whereJohnFinleyhadformerlybeentradingwiththeIndians,and,fromthetopofaneminence
