“I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.” – Daniel Boone
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Robert Basil wrote @ January 7, 2017 at 11:05 am
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.
That’s an interesting and fun quote. Archaically it seems like being bewildered would be pretty similar to being lost. What do you think?