Note 12 — CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (continued 5)

At the close of six weeks after Hancock’s arrival, Boone had become weary of waiting for the enemy, hence his expedition with nineteen men––not ten, as in the text––against the Shawnee town on Paint Creek, during the last week of August. It was the 5th of September when, undiscovered, he passed the Indian force encamped at Lower Blue Licks, and the next day arrived at Boonesborough.––R. G. T.