Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . o w o 1—IUi H w >CO DANIEL BOONE. 45 He stayed at Detroit for a montli, at no time betraying the least dis-content or desire to escape. The Indians were anxious to adopt him,knowing what valuable service he could render them, and he appearedto be quite agreeable to their wishes. He knew his only safety dependedupon his falling in apparently with all their plans. They finally returnedwith him to their old village of Chillicothe, arriving there after a longand tedious journey. Boone says, in his biography, he was well treatedby the
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . o w o 1—IUi H w >CO DANIEL BOONE. 45 He stayed at Detroit for a montli, at no time betraying the least dis-content or desire to escape. The Indians were anxious to adopt him,knowing what valuable service he could render them, and he appearedto be quite agreeable to their wishes. He knew his only safety dependedupon his falling in apparently with all their plans. They finally returnedwith him to their old village of Chillicothe, arriving there after a longand tedious journey. Boone says, in his biography, he was well treatedby the Indians, made himself friendly with them, was adopted, accordingto their custom, into a family, where he became a son, and had a greatshare in the affection of his new parents, brothers, sisters and friends,yet all the time feeling extreme anxiety concerning the fate of ^he fortat B^onesborough and watching an opportunity to escape. CEREMONY OF ADOPTION INTO AN INDIAN FAMILY. In order to become a member of the tribe, and particularly to beadmitted into t
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