This illustration shows the capture of Miss Jemima Boone (sister of Daniel Boone) and her friends Betsy and Frances Callaway by Indians from Boonesborough. The girls were all about 14. The girls had been rowing along the river and saw a cluster of wild flowers and went toward the opposite shore to pick them. Their cries were heard at the fort but too late and the canoe was the only means of crossing the river. Daniel Boone and Robert Callaway were away at the time. When they returned the next day, they and others set out and were able to track the Indians, who were now more than 30 miles away
This illustration shows the capture of Miss Jemima Boone (sister of Daniel Boone) and her friends Betsy and Frances Callaway by Indians from Boonesborough. The girls were all about 14. The girls had been rowing along the river and saw a cluster of wild flowers and went toward the opposite shore to pick them. Their cries were heard at the fort but too late and the canoe was the only means of crossing the river. Daniel Boone and Robert Callaway were away at the time. When they returned the next day, they and others set out and were able to track the Indians, who were now more than 30 miles away from the capture site. As the Indians were preparing a fire to cook a meal, Boone and his men rushed in and rescued the girls. The Indians fled and Boone and all returned to Boonesborough. This illustration is from the book titled: Story of the Wild West and Camp Fire Chats: Being the Complete and Authentic History of the Great Heroes of the Western Plains, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Kit Carson, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and Generals Crooks, Miles and Custer. It was first published in 1888. This edition was published in 1902.
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