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Mr. Editor: In passing through Gallatin co., a few days since, I chanced
to meet with a very ancient and interesting curiosity, and thought,
perhaps, your readers might be interested in a description of it in your
paper. It was at the house of Mr. Edmund Bryson, in the above named
county, near the celebrated Big Bone Lick. Mr. B. informed me that about
the 1st of this month, one of the family found a stone about 12
inches square, and 1 inch thick, bearing the date of "1773." At the time
it was found no other marks could be seen; but after cleaning the moss and
dirt from it's surface, the figure of a man's head, very ingeniously cut
in the stone; and under it in legible characters, were inscribed "Daniel
Boone." There can be but little doubt that it is the work of the Old
Pioneer himself, as there are several large licks in the vicinity, which
were, in days past, much frequented by Buffalo, Deer, etc. He was no
doubt attracted thither to enjoy the wild and delightful amusement for
which he was so celebrated. From J. B., Verona, July 20, 1847
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