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at the fort would have thought him an Indian had he sud- 

 denly returned. 



During his long captivity, his wife, who lived in Ken- 

 tucky, despaired of his ever returning again. She had come 

 to Transylvania from North Carolina, and she returned to 

 North Carolina with her family. 



Boone at last escaped from the Indians. He returned 

 to his old home to find his wife gone, and he followed her 

 back to her old home in Carolina. What must she have 

 thought when she saw her husband returning more an 

 Indian in appearance than a white man? 



In all these adventures Boone studied the woods. He 

 learned their wonders, and he gave all his strange dis- 

 coveries in the bird kingdom to Audubon. He told him 

 where rare birds had their nests and how to find them, 

 where rare animals lived and how to capture them, and to 

 study their habits. He helped the woodman to do work 

 that would never need to be done again. 



Captain Boone one day came to visit Audubon, and 

 spent the night under his roof. The two sat down to relate 

 their adventures in the woods, one of which was substan- 

 tially as follows: 



" I once went out to hunt/' said Captain Boone, 

 " among hostile Indians. I kindled a fire for roasting of 

 food and protection, but when night came on I was afraid 

 that the light might attract the eye of some Indian wan- 

 derer, so I stamped out the burning fagots. 



