Kentucky after the Revolution

seventy-five pounds. He was solid in mind as well as in body, never frivolous, thoughtless, or agitated; but was always quiet, meditative, and impressive, unpretentious, kind, and friendly in his manner. He came very much up to the idea we have of the old Grecian philosophers     particularly Diogenes."

The great naturalist Audubon, who happened to pass a night with Boone in a West Virginia cabin, declared that "the stature and general appearance of this wanderer of the Western forests 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." 1

But, popular and revered though he was, it cannot be said that Boone's life was a happy one. Even the Kanawha Valley, now filling up with population, had grown distasteful to him. He longed, as always, for the frontier, for the serenity of the unbroken forest, abounding with game. He missed the warm friendships, the close companionships, of the men by

1 The first of these descriptions is quoted from Howe's "Historical Collections of Ohio," the second from Dr. Thwaites's " Daniel Boone," the third from Maria R. Audubon's "Audubon and his Journals."