me, built what is said to
have been the first stone house in Missouri. Evidently the old pioneer
disapproved of stone houses and of the "luxuries" in furnishings which
were then becoming possible to the new generation, for one of his
biographers speaks of visiting him in a log addition to his son's house;
and when Chester Harding, the painter, visited him in 1819 for the
purpose of doing his portrait, he found Boone dwelling in a small log
cabin in Nathan's yard. When Harding entered, Boone was broiling a
venison steak on the end of his ramrod. During the sitting, one day,
Harding asked Boone if he had ever been lost in the woods when on his
long hunts in the wilderness.

* Boone's son Nathan won distinction in the War of 1812 and
entered the regular army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Daniel Morgan Boone is said to have been the first settler in Kansas
(1827). One of Daniel's grandsons, bearing the name of Albert Gallatin
Boone, was a pioneer of Colorado and was to the forefront in Rocky
Mountain exploration. Another grandson was the scout, Kit Carson, who
led Fremont to California.

"No, I never got lost," Boone replied reflectively, "but I was
BEWILDERED once for three days." Though now having reached the age
of eighty-five, Daniel was intensely interested in California and was
enthusiastic to make the journey thither next spring and so to flee once
more from the civilization which had crept westward along his path. The
resolute opposition of his sons, however, prevented the attempt.

A few men who sought out Boone in his old age have left us brief
accounts of their impressions. Among these was Audubon. "The stature
and general appearance of this wanderer of the western forests," the
naturalist wrote, "approached the gigantic. His chest was broad, and
prominent; his muscular powers displayed themselves in every limb;
his countenance gave indication of his great courage, enterprise and
perseverance; and, when he spoke, the very motion of his lips brought
the impression that whatever he uttered could not be otherwise than
strictly true."

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 wo