Trivia for the Rush side of the family.
Natty Bumppo is the protagonist of James Fennimore Cooper’s The Leatherstocking Tales. The books in this series are The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers and The Prairie.
The Natty Bumppo character is generally believed to have been inspired, at least in part, by the real-life Daniel Boone.
Just as an aside… Daniel Boone’s last home is just outside of St. Louis in Defiance, MO. It is an interesting tour. Many things in this area are Boone this, or Boone that.
And another aside… Daniel is buried in two states. It is a tale I first heard when I toured his home in Defiance. Here is an article on the controversy. I do take umbrage at the author calling Daniel Boone a second tier folk hero though.