Frontier Scout Daniel Boone #14

Mar 1965 · Charlton · 0.12 USD

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# Frontier Scout Daniel Boone #14 The main story, "Wild Frontier," follows Daniel Boone as he and his men encounter a small pioneer group under attack by Native American warriors. After helping repel the initial assault, Boone is tasked with delivering a message to warn the frontier settlements of increased hostile activity. However, British forces in the area have also spotted Boone and attempt to capture him, forcing him to evade both the enemy soldiers and a pursuing Native American chief. Ultimately, Boone's timely warning and tactical defense help save lives, and he is credited with preventing what could have been a larger massacre, though a British colonel escapes arrest due to circumstances beyond his control. In a secondary sequence, Boone is adopted by a Native American tribe and becomes their scout and food provider, earning the respect of the villagers through his hunting prowess.

Contains 5 stories

Dangerous River

4 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

Daniel Boone infiltrates Cherokee territory to uncover the timing of an imminent tribal attack on the Kentucky settlements, but discovers a white woman held captive by the warriors. Racing against time, Boone must rescue the Vance girl, escape downriver under pursuit, and reach Boonesborough ahead of the war party to prepare the frontier fort for the assault. It's a tense race across dangerous ground where every moment counts between survival and disaster.

Danger on Wilderness Road

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

When a frontier road company offers Daniel Boone a lucrative contract to carve a passage through the Oswaghee Forest, he accepts—knowing full well that the territory belongs to the formidable Chief Yellow Hawk. As Boone and his crew push deeper into hostile land, they must use cunning and ingenuity to survive repeated attacks and keep their work moving forward. With casualties mounting and the chief vowing a final reckoning, Boone must outthink a cunning adversary to complete the road and claim the settlement he's promised.

Stockade Intrigue

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

During the French and Indian War, frontier scout Daniel Boone is recruited to guide British troops—but a suspicious lieutenant mistakes him for a traitor and has him imprisoned in chains at the stockade. Desperate to prevent the slaughter of good men, Boone makes a dangerous choice that tests his loyalty and his life.

The Rifled Cache

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

Daniel Boone welcomes an injured stranger named Kentucky Jack into his camp, only to discover the man is a fur thief fleeing from Cherokee warriors whose pelts he'd stolen—and Boone's own prized cache becomes Jack's next target. When the theft is discovered, Boone must track down his duplicitous guest through hostile territory, facing off against both the vengeful war party and Jack's own treacherous desperation. Justice comes swiftly in the Kentucky wilderness, but not before the great scout proves why his reputation as the Hunter is well earned.

Winter Famine

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

When Daniel Boone is captured by Blackfish, Chief of the Pawnees, during a winter hunt, he's forced to become the tribe's provider of food during a brutal famine—his hunting skills the only thing standing between the starving Pawnee and starvation. As Boone earns respect through his prowess in the wilderness and a ceremonial combat, he must navigate the dangerous jealousy of a young warrior bent on proving himself, all while biding his time far from his own people at Boonesborough.