Boonesborough

Practically speaking,

there really was no difference

in how Daniel Boone lived

and the natives around him.

That's the truth

we like to omit

from the record

when we talk about

how life played out

once things 

had settled down,

and it was people like Boone

setting the stage

for what was to come,

not the mass migrations

but the integrations

into the land

by common people.

Well,

maybe not Boone.

Probably still best

to not call him

common.

Which for some

is a shame.