* It is said that
Boone always carried in a wallet round his neck the King's
commission given him in Dunmore's War; and that he exhibited it
to Hamilton to bear out his story. Hamilton sought to ransom him
from the Indians, but Black Fish would not surrender his new son.
The Governor gave Boone a pony, with saddle and trappings, and
other presents, including trinkets to be used in procuring his
needs and possibly his liberty from the Shawanoes.
* So well did Boone play his part that he aroused suspicion even
in those who knew him best. After his return to Boonesborough his
old friend, Calloway, formally accused him of treachery on two
counts: that Boone had betrayed the salt makers to the Indians
and had planned to betray Boonesborough to the British. Boone was
tried and acquitted. His simple explanation of his acts satisfied
the court-martial and made him a greater hero than ever among the
frontier folk.
Black Fish then took his son home to Chillicothe. Here Boone
found Delawares and Mingos assembling with the main body of the
Shawanoe warriors. The war belt was being carried through the
Ohio country. Again Boonesborough and Harrodsburg were to be the
first settlements attacked. To escape and give warning was now
the one purpose that obsessed Boone.
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