The Long Hunter
Thhis legendary frontiersman was known for his obsession with finding a way through the Appalachian Mountains
Daniel Boone
Blackfish
Unlike the smoothbore muskets used in Europe, frontiersmen used this weapon, which featured grooved barrels for much greater accuracy
Long Rifle (or Pennsylvania/Kentucky Rifle)
This was the tragic fate of Daniel Boone's eldest son, James, during an early attempt to settle Kentucky in 1773
tortured and killed by a scouting party
This massive mountain range served as the "First Frontier", acting as a 1,500-mile-long physical barrier between the 13 colonies and the West
Appalachians
Later becoming this state, it was referred to as "Dark and Bloody Ground"
Kentucky
While the settlers say Kentucky as empty land, the Shawnee saw it as a sacred hunting ground protected by this geographic barrier.
Appalachian Mountains
Because it took a long time to reload, frontiersmen often carried this short-handled axe for close-quarters combat
tomahawk
This European power occupied the lands north of the Ohio River and supplied the Shawnee with weapons to halt American expansion
British
Before it was a state, the land Daniel Boone explored was technically a part of this original southern colony, which claimed land all the way to the Mississippi River
Virginia
30 some men carved this 200 mile trail through the Cumberland Gap, opening the West to thousands of settlers
Wilderness Road
In a daring rescue mission, Boone had to track down and save his daughter, Jemima, after she was kidnapped by these people
Shawnee and (Cherokee)?
This substance, kept in a waterproof horn, was the essential "fuel" required to fire a frontiersman's weapon
gunpowder
Boone was famously captured by the Shawnee and survived by being "adopted" into the tribe, receiving this new name meaning "Big Turtle"
Sheltowee
This 1763 decree by King George III forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains- a law Boone and others famously ignored
Royal Proclamation of 1763
____________ were expeditions lasting for months in pursuit of furs
long hunts
During the Revolutionary War, the British encouraged Native American tribes to attack American settlers by offering bounties for these
scalps
Settlers lived in these structures, which were built using interlocking notches at the corners to avoid the need for expensive nails
log cabins
This 1778 event saw the Shawnee lay siege to Boonesborough for nine days during a heavy rainstorm
Siege of Boonesborough
Judge Richard Henderson formed this illegal "14th Colony" after a controversial land purchase from the Cherokee, hiring Boone to blaze the trail into it
Transylvania
Fortified settlement established on the banks of the Kentucky River in 1775
Boonesborough
This 1774 conflict between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo nations preceded the main events of the episode and set the stae for the violence in Kentucky
Lord Dunmore's War
Frontiersmen often wore clothing made of this material, which was durable but became heavy and cold when wet
buckskin
To make it though the Cumberland Gap, Boone had to find this narrow pass through the mountains, originally used by buffalo and Native Americans
Warrior's Path
This river served as the critical boundary line between "Indian Territory" to the North and the Kentucky hunting grounds to the South
Ohio River