Nathan Boone (1780–1856) was a veteran of the War of 1812, a delegate to the Missouri constitutional convention in 1820, and a captain in the 1st United States Regiment of Dragoons at the time of its founding, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[1] The brothers built the Boone's Lick Road, which became a major overland route in early Missouri, linking St. Louis to the western frontier of the United States at that time, and later to Fort Osage and the Santa Fe Trail.

A fellow Ranger who acted as a sentry reported that he believed enemy Indian combatants were lurking in the darkness surrounding their camp.

Near midnight, the Indians numbering at least 60 warriors launched a full scale surprise attack and opened heavy fire into the camp from one side.

Nathan and his rangers withdrew back to base to inform their commander of confirmed intelligence that the Native American threat persisted still.

The Miamis had agreed to surrender as prisoners of war, and certain members of the militia became angered when they found contraband belonging to a settler who had been killed in the original raid, but Dodge and Boone stood in the line of fire and forced the nearly mutinous troops to back down.

He participated in the First Dragoon Expedition, notable for making the first contact between the United States federal government and the southern plains Indians.

[1] In the fall of 1851, Nathan Boone and his wife Olive were interviewed by Wisconsin Historical Society archivist Lyman C. Draper concerning his famous father.