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Audubon spent a night under Boone's roof. He related afterwards
that the old hunter, having removed his hunting shirt, spread his
blankets on the floor and lay down there to sleep, saying that he
found it more comfortable than a bed. A striking sketch of Boone
is contained in a few lines penned by one of his earliest
biographers: "He had what phrenologists would have considered a
model head--with a forehead peculiarly high, noble and bold, thin
compressed lips, a mild clear blue eye, a large and prominent
chin and a general expression of countenance in which
fearlessness and courage sat enthroned and which told the
beholder at a glance what he had been and was formed to be." In
criticizing the various portraits of Daniel, the same writer
says: "They want the high port and noble daring of his
countenance.... Never was old age more green, or gray hairs
more graceful. His high, calm, bold forehead seemed converted by
years into iron."
Although we are indebted to these and other early chroniclers for
many details of Boone's life, there was one event which none of
his biographers has related; yet we know that it must have taken
place. Even the bare indication of it is found only in the
narrative of the adventures of two other explorers.
It was in the winter of 1803 that these two men came to Boone's
Settlement, as La Charette was now generally called.
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