“I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.” – Daniel Boone
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I would guess that “bewildered” and “wilderness” share an etymology, though I bet Mr. Boone personally had a lot of words for what *I* would call wilderness. He seemed always to know where he was (except for three days). My brother seems to share some of that gift; I most certainly don’t.
I would fancy myself a competent person in that regard but honestly, it’s never really been put to the test… thus allowing me to meander down my trail of delusion.
Anyways, one interpretation of the Boone quote could be that he was actually lost, but he wasn’t bewildered in the modern sense of that word.
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That’s an interesting and fun quote. Archaically it seems like being bewildered would be pretty similar to being lost. What do you think?