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Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.
Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone
Age: 85 †
Born: 1734
Born: November 2
Died: 1820
Died: September 26
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.
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Nothing embitters my old age [like] the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.
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I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after.
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