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“No,� replied Boone, “ I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days!�

No, he didn’t “kill him a bear when he was only threeâ€? – that was Davy Crockett. And he wasn’t governor of Tennessee – Sam Houston earned that accolade. Those heroes lived their lives a full generation or two after the man who helped make their exploits possible: Daniel Boone, who was born this week in 1734. So notwithstanding Walt Disney’s depiction of “Dan’lâ€? Boone, where does the man really ďŹ t into American history? This issue of Tidbits investigates. • We know about pioneers who went westward to places like Texas and California and Oregon in the 1800s. But before the American Revolution, the Colonies hadn’t stretched far from the Atlantic Coast.

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DANIEL BOONE (continued): most valuable skills was his intimate knowledge of the customs of the American Indians.

• When some of King George’s troops arrived to seek action in the French & Indian War, 19-year-old Daniel Boone quickly decided to join in the fight.

The British were trying to persuade France to refrain from claiming too much of the continent. When the French set up forts along the southern Great Lakes and along the Ohio River, Britain fought back. The French had allies, however, in several Native American nations who hoped to regain some of the land they had lost (or at least protect what they had left).

• Boone served for two years, but very little progress was made during that time. The British were unable to score any decisive victories until several years later. Daniel returned to North Carolina, where he married Rebecca Bryan in 1756. The couple would go on to have 10 children. When the Cherokee people began to organize their efforts against the ever-encroaching colonists in 1759, the family fled to Virginia.

• The Boones returned home in 1762, but Daniel began to crave real-life “adventures” like those he’d experienced (and been told about) while serving in the military. He considered relocating to the south, but took a trip to to the Florida Territory and found that it didn’t suit him.

• One of the storytellers who’d opened his eyes the widest about the wonders of unexplored territory was named John Finley. Finley had fought alongside Daniel Boone during the French & Indian War. He had told Daniel fascinating tales of the mostly unexplored land to the west: it’s now Kentucky, but back then, it was called Kentucke.

• Beginning in 1767, Boone organized a series of exploratory journeys into unfamiliar areas north and west of his home. He never ventured too far until 1769, when he and John Finley led John Stewart and a handful of others on a grand trip. They headed for a break in the mountains known as the Cumberland Gap. The party struggled through the winter, but reached their destination in June 1770.

• In his own words, Boone describes the scene: We found everywhere abundance of wild beasts of all sorts, through this vast forest. The buffaloes were more frequent than I have seen cattle in the settlements, browzing on the leaves of the cane, or croping the herbage on those extensive plains, fearless, because ignorant, of the violence of man. Sometimes we saw hundreds in a drove, and the numbers about the salt springs were amazing. In this forest, the habitation of beasts of every kind natural to America, we practised hunting with great success until the twenty-second day of December following. We had passed through a great forest on which stood myriads of trees, some gay with blossoms, others rich with fruits. Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity and industry in a variety of flowers and fruits, beautifully coloured, elegantly shaped, and charmingly flavoured; and we were diverted with innumerable animals presenting themselves perpetually to our view. turn the page for more!

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Shake Hands: Popular and easy to learn, this is a nice skill for puppies to have, especially when visitors arrive. Begin teaching Shake Hands after she has developed a good response to the Sit/ Stay commands. Once she is sitting, pick up one of her paws gently, release it and give her a treat.

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DANIEL BOONE (continued): • Over the years, Daniel Boone’s views on Native Americans had changed. Just as they could be powerful friends, he learned that they could also be hostile enemies. And on December 22, 1770, Boone and Stewart were captured and held prisoner, but managed to escape. Soon, they met up with two other adventurers, including Daniel’s brother, Squire. Boone was happy to see his brother, but the situation quickly got worse.

The Natives killed Stewart, and Squire’s companion decided he’d had enough and went back home.

• Daniel and Squire Boone found themselves “hundreds of miles from [their] families in the howling wilderness.”

But instead of counting their losses and retiring east to safer land, the two stood determined to stay the winter.

The brothers built a small cabin where they stayed until the autumn of 1771, when they returned to North Carolina.

• Back home, Boone began gathering the equipment necessary to build a permanent settlement in Kentucky.

He sold his farm and, in September 1773, six families and 40 fighting men ventured west. Not quite three weeks into the trip, the Cherokee attacked the company, killing six men (including Daniel’s eldest son). Realizing they’d tread too far into Native American territory, they retreated a few miles and found a place to settle. Two years later, Boone led a new group of settlers to the area, and they cleared a roadway known as the Wilderness Trail, which would allow others to follow their route.

• So there you have it: Daniel Boone’s claim to fame is opening Kentucky to settlement. He remained there with his family until 1788, when he accepted an invitation to relocate to Missouri. Why did Daniel leave the land he loved? “Too crowded,” he said, referring to the hundreds who had followed his trail.

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Of course not. I do a lot of business with friends. But I make sure that the specific requirements of our relationship are laid out very clearly, in writing.

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There’s a common myth that copying any CD or DVD that you own is against the law. Software companies want to make it as difficult as possible to copy their media, forcing consumers to repurchase a CD that’s become scratched or destroyed from use. There are only two products and one piece of hardware that you need in order to copy your discs for archival purposes.

The first piece of software is Nero, you can purchase Nero from http://www.nero.com, the second is a product called Any DVD, you can purchase from http://www.slysoft.com/en. The final component that you need is a good quality aftermarket DVD-Burnere. Typically, what we see fail the most, are the stock OEM DVD Burners that come with and OEM built machine. These can be had for $50-$100.

Buying a DVD Burner with Lightscribe is optional, but generally discouraged. Lightscribe, while it allows you to create your own custom labels, it tends to be very time consuming, taking up to 20 minutes to create a single CD label.

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