Daniel Boone: Adopted by the Shawnee, Tried for Treason (Full Documentary)

In February 1778, Daniel Boone was captured in the snow near the Blue Licks and surrendered nearly thirty of his own men to a Shawnee war party without a shot. The Shawnee adopted him as a son and named him Sheltowee, Big Turtle. Months later he escaped, held Boonesborough through a ten-day siege, and was put on trial for treason by his own officers. This is the true story of the most famous frontiersman in America, from a Quaker boy in Pennsylvania to an old man in Spanish Missouri, told from Boone's own 1784 narrative, his son Nathan's interviews, and the court record. Boone's own words are read from John Filson's 1784 book. Chapters 0:00 Cold open: Blue Licks, February 1778 0:57 I. The Quaker Boy (1734 – 1755) 2:00 II. The Long Hunter (1769 – 1771) 3:07 III. The Road (1773 – 1775) 4:12 IV. Jemima (July 1776) 5:18 V. The Bloody Year (1777) 5:49 VI. Sheltowee (February – June 1778) 8:22 VII. The Siege (September 1778) 9:57 VIII. The Court-Martial (Autumn 1778) 11:07 IX. Fame and Ruin (1780 – 1799) 12:15 X. Spanish Missouri (1799 – 1820) 13:00 XI. Two Graves (1845 – today) Simon Kenton, who carried Boone back through the gate in 1777, has his own documentary:    • Simon Kenton: Condemned to Die, Saved Four...   Old Frontier History is made to keep these stories on record for future generations. If you'd like to help keep it going: Patreon (monthly):   / oldfrontierhistory   One-time tip (PayPal): https://paypal.me/JJShury Sources Boone, as told to John Filson, The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon (1784) Nathan Boone, My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone, ed. Neal O. Hammon (1999) Ted Franklin Belue, "Terror in the Canelands: The Fate of Daniel Boone's Salt Boilers," Filson Club History Quarterly 68 John Mack Faragher, Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (1992), as cited in Wikipedia, "Daniel Boone" Wikipedia, "Daniel Boone", "Siege of Boonesborough", "Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone" G. W. Ranck, Boonesborough (1901); Lewis Collins, History of Kentucky Narrative style inspired by Allan W. Eckert, The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone (1973), The Frontiersmen (1967) and That Dark and Bloody River (1995). No text is quoted from Eckert. All artwork is public domain (Wikimedia Commons, The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Maps: Natural Earth. #history #americanhistory #frontierhistory #earlyamerica #danielboone #documentary