Sue, < Felix Walker's article is entitled "Narrative of His Trip with Boone from Long Island to Boonesborough in March 1775." Can anyone tell me where Long Island was? He says they "put off from Long Island, marked out our track with hatchets, crossed Clince and Powell's River, over Cumberland mountain and crossed Cumberland River...." Even with all these clues, I still haven't been able to find it on a map! >> I believe that is the Long Island on the Holston at Kingsport, TN. TN Eastman has a chemical plant there. You won't find it on a map, unless it is a very old map. Long Island was a "sacred ground" for the Cherokee. Someone may know better. -eddie