During the sitting, one day, Harding asked Boone if he had ever been lost in the woods when on his long hunts in the wilderness.
* Boone's son Nathan won distinction in the War of 1812 and entered the regular army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Daniel Morgan Boone is said to have been the first settler in Kansas (1827).

One of Daniel's grandsons, bearing the name of Albert Gallatin Boone, was a pioneer of Colorado and was to the forefront in Rocky Mountain exploration.

Another grandson was the scout, Kit Carson, who led Fremont to California.
"No, I never got lost," Boone replied reflectively, "but I was BEWILDERED once for three days." Though now having reached the age of eighty-five, Daniel was intensely interested in California and was enthusiastic to make the journey thither next spring and so to flee once more from the civilization which had crept westward along his path.

The resolute opposition of his sons, however, prevented the attempt.
A few men who sought out Boone in his old age have left us brief accounts of their impressions.

Among these was Audubon.