Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-26
From The Village Register.
FARMER'S BROTHER.

Anecdotes of men who have been dlstln-
guished for their bravery, whether friend or
foe, civilized or savage, seldom fail to ex.
cite interest. .
During the late war the Seneca nation oil
Indians who reside in the neighborhood OF
Buffalo, were employed by our government,
and attached themselves TO the army then
about to enter Canada under the command
of General Brown. The principal Chief OF
this tribe was called Farmers Brother
a stout athletic warrior. The trosts OF up,
wards Of eighty winters had passed over bis
head, yet he retained his faculties 10 an emf
nent degree. He possessed all the arfor Of
Ills younger associates, and was uncommon'y
animated al the prospect which a fresh har-
vest OF %laurels presented 10 his view.
This celebrated chief, in the war between
England and France, was engaged in the
service of the French. He once pointed to
the writer otttfs, the spot, where with a par
ty Of Indians be lay in ambush patiently
awaiting the approach of a guard that &C
companied The English teams employed be-
tween the falls of Niagara and The garrison
which had there lately surrendered TO Sir
William Johnston. The place selected tor
that purpose is known by the name OF the
Devils l~lole," and is three and a halt
miles below the famous cataract upon the
American side of the strait. The mind can
scarcely conceive a more dismal looking
den, Alarge ravine occasioned by the fall
ing in OF the perpendicular bank, made darh
by tine spreading branches of the birch, and
cedar which had taken root below, and the
low murmurirg of the rapids in the chasn,
added 10 the solemn thunder of be cataract
itself, conspire to render the scene truly aw-
full. The English party were not aware OF
the dreadful fate that awaited them. I'm
conscious OF danger, the drivers were gaily
whistling to their dull OK teams. Farmers
Brother and hi, band, on their arrival at this
spot, rushed from the tbicket that had con-
cea!ed them, and commenced horrid butch
cry. So unexpected was such an event, and
so completely were the English disarmed Of
their presence OF mind, but a very feeble
resistance was made. The guard, the team
sters, the oxen and the Wagons, were pre-
cipitated into the gulph. But two of them
escaped; a Mr.. Stedman, who lived at
Schlosser, above the falls, being mounted
on a feet horse, made good his retreat; and
one OF the soldiers, who was caught upon
the projecting root Of a cedar which sus-
tanned him, until assured by the distant yell
of the savages, that they had quilted The
ground. lie then clambered up, and bro.
ceeded to Fort Niagara, with the %intelli.
gence Of this disaster. A small ~rivulet
which pours itself down this precipice, was
literally coloured with the blood Of the van
pushed. The traveller, who enquiles of
the inhabitants in the ntighborhood about
any interesting events which may have oc-
cured there, will be told The whole story OF
this ambusc sde, and shown the Bloody
Run" the name this little stream has ever
since borne,
In the revolutionary war, Farmers Broth.
CT evinced his hostility to the Americans
upon every occasion that presented itself {;
and with the same zeal he engaged 10 the
late war against his former friends the Eng.
lish.
Another anecdote Of this chief will show