The Adventures of Daniel Boone Assignment

From reading this document, I learned about the various hardships and difficultues one faced during life in the colonies. There were many a troubles to face, such as just obtaining food and shelter. One had to bear all and defend themselves against the outside forces that threatened their way of life. It was always possible to starve, be attacked by either natives or beast, and during one's journey I'm certian it is likely to get lost and find onesself in a strange new land they had never intended to travel.

What surprised me most about what I read, apart from how hard a day in the life back then was; was the fact that Daniel Boone's brother was able to find him whenever they were seperated each time. To think, all of the hardships in the world facing them...and they still were reunited several times during his adventures to Kentucky!

Life back then was VERY different than it is for us today. For instance, in the times of the colonists, to obtain food one would have to hunt or farm for it. Today, we can just look into our refrigerators, or venture to a restaurant for nourishment, or use another modern tool of food finding. Also, these days life is...safer. We don't have to worry day in and day out about starving, or being exposed to the extremities outside (natives, the harsh weathers for which we now possess modern tools to keep us safe) that might kill, harm, or otherwise disturb us and our ways of going about day to day. I, for one, am happy to live in these modern times...I don't think I could last even a day back then.