I;
  Bingaman, his fight in the dark, II;
  Bird, Capt.  Henry, dissolution of his expedition, II;
    his inroad;
    his retreat;
    loses his cannon;
  Blue Licks, visited by Boon, II;
    Indians retreat to;
    the backwoodsmen reach;
    the fight begins;
    battle of the;
    defeat of the whites;
    a wild panic;
    the Indians checked;
    a crushing disaster;
  Boiling Springs, fort built at, I;
  Boon, Daniel, his birth, I;
    removes to North Carolina and marries;
    his passion for hunting and exploration;
    his appearance;
    his character;
    his inscription on a tree;
    connection with Henderson;
    his claim to distinction;
    his success;
    goes to Kentucky;
    beauty of the country and abundance of game;
    attacked by Indians;
    capture and escape;
    wanderings;
    joined by his brother;
    lonely sojourn in the wilderness;
    joined by other hunters;
    “Gulliver’s Travels” in camp;
    returns to North Carolina;
    meets the McAfees’ at Powell’s Valley;
    attempts to settle Kentucky;
    attacked by Indians;
    his son killed;
    pilots in Lord Dunmore’s surveyors;
    in command of frontier forts;
    attacked by Indians;
    reaches the Kentucky River;
    begins to build Boonsborough;
    welcomes Henderson’s company;
    the fort at Boonsborough;
    returns to North Carolina for his family;
    his prominence in Kentucky history;
    serves as a Kentucky burgess in the Virginia Legislature;
    his strange life;
    his daughter captured by Indians and rescued;
    the historic tree;
    original letter of;
    wounded in the attack on Boonsborough, II;
    captured by Indians;
    taken to Old Chillicothe;
    adopted into the Shawnee tribe;
    escapes from the Indians;
    makes a foray into the Indian country;
    outwits de Quindre;
    thanks Kenton for saving his life;
    comes to the rescue of Kenton;
    a favorite hero of frontier story;
    loses his brother by the Indians;
    lieut.-colonel under Todd;
    marches to relieve Bryan’s Station;
    opposed to the attack at Blue Licks;
    commands the left wing at battle of Blue Licks;
    his successful advance;
    surrounded and routed;
    last to leave the field;
    his son Isaac slain;
  Boon, Squire, joins his brother Daniel in Kentucky, I;
  Boonsborough, founding of, saves Kentucky, I;
    receives Henderson and his party;
    completion of the fort;
    land office opens at;
    store opened by the Transylvania company;
    meeting of the Transylvanian Legislature;
    attacked by Indians, II;
    again besieged;
    retreat of the Indians;
    school opened at;
  Boon’s Station, not Boonsborough,