Daniel Boone Tries to Settle in Kentucky

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Classroom Material
Keywords
KET world explorers daniel boone the appalachian mountains the great pathfinder cumberland gap trail kentucky boonesborough wilderness road Shawnee Native Americans alliance expedition siege American explorers Colonial America Kentucky history Kentucky frontier frontier life pioneer life Indigenous Peoples First Nations
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Daniel Boone Tries to Settle in Kentucky

The chapter recounts Daniel Boone’s first attempt to settle Kentucky. He led an expedition of about fifty people from North Carolina into western Virginia where his oldest son, James Boone, with a party following the main group, were attacked and killed by Shawnee warriors. Daniel Boone buried his son and returned to the Clinch River in Virginia.
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PBS Learning Media

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