One of America’s first frontiersmen:
“...has been called America’s first Indian fighter.” “...he forged an identitiy that was part Pilgrim, part mariner, part Indian, and altogether his own. That so many charecters from American history and literature resemble him-from Daniel Boone to Davy Crockett to Natty Bumppo to Rambo-does nothing to diminish the stunning originality of the persona he creates.”1266