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DANIEL BOONE

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and explorer. He was born in 1735 in Pennsylvania and died in 1820. He emigrated to North Carolina in 1752 and proceeded with five companions to the area that is now Kentucky in 1769 - thus becoming the pioneer in the settlement of that State - where, while exploring, he was captured by Indians whilst on a hunt. He escaped and reached home in 1771. In 1778 he was taken prisoner by the Indians, and was retained and adopted into the family of a Shawanese chief, but at length he effected his escape. In the end of the century he removed from Kentucky into Missouri. From him a number of places in the United States take their name.
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