Autumn was tinting the forest and the tang he loved was in the air when the great hunter passed.

The date of Boone's death is given as September 26, 1820.

He was in his eighty-sixth year.

Unburdened by the pangs of disease he went out serenely, by the gentle marches of sleep, into the new country.
The convention for drafting the constitution of Missouri, in session at St.Louis, adjourned for the day, and for twenty days thereafter the members wore crape on their arms as a further mark of respect for the great pioneer.

Daniel was laid by Rebecca's side, on the bank of Teugue Creek, about a mile from the Missouri River.