Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-10
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THE MARK OF BRANDT.

On Wednesday, the thirteenth day of
November, l776, the village of Cherry
Valley was attacked, many of its inhabi-
tants cruelty butchered, and its dwellings
ru,hiessly sacked and burnt, !. Brandt and
Butler, both infamous for deeds of startling
atrocity, were the instigators and perpe-
traitors Of this horrible action. At the
head Of seven hundred Indians, Tories and
British soldiers, they marched from Mag
ara, by way of the Chemung river and up
the Susduehannah, and arrived at the the
atre Of their depredations. Cherry Valley
had no warning Of the approach ofits spoil.
ers, and the first alarm gun was leyeled at
The breast Of the enemy, The fort, the
only refuge in case of attack, was speedily
resorted to; but, alas! too few felt ils kind
shelter from the Iawless hands Of the des-
perado Tories, the hard,hearted British,
md the wanlon and bloed-thirsty savages.
Deeds were there performed which cause
the stoutest heart to shudder with fear, and
make the human bosom. revolt and turn
away sick and disguised at the recital Of
such b1rbarity and heartessness. Few
more terrible scenes have ever been wit
messed, than the one presented at the pill
aging Of Cherry valley. .aar us.a
II was one of those seasons when all the
wicked and abominable propensites which
lie conceded in the human bosom ore loos-
I'd from all restraint of law and the check
Of public disapprobation to revel and riot
,ilabated ard fearlesss 10 theirsatiety. Il
WAS time when sex and condition were
totally disregarded; the most sacred ties
nlucked asunder with indifference, the most
invioable rights tranpled upon with impu-
nifty; the bold and manly slain withou
quarter, the weak and inoffensive smilter
without mercy; the house Of the opulent
ransacked and robbed, and the hearthstone
Of the ageI and inlanlile bathed with theil
blood. A time when the cry Of the de
fenceless sank in groafis to the deep silence
Of death under the rudely welded hatchel
Of the savage, and the piercing shrek o
the affrighted and flying victim subsidies
intothe low groan and gurgle Of expirin!
life beneath the report ofthe British musk
ct. A time when the boon Of life wa
coarsely refused to the fear stricken femal
when with uplifled hand she shrieked 70
mercy, for one single .,act Of leniency an
humanity. Whent the cries of the babbln
infant we're Knocked, and its life snatche
,nway by the blood.stained hands Of braM
nv men, and its frail form crushed beneat
anliron heel When the husband claspe
his Young wife to his bosom as her Iii
waned away, till his dwelling snouldere
over his own lifeless form. Such were tn
scenes at Cherry Valley. 91".''f As
Brandt was here, in'the midst ofthe ca
mage and destruction, glutting his soul upo
the dreadful proceedings about him. III
smoking ruins Of a house were beneath h
.feet:the din Of musketry, the cries OF II
distracted, the wounded, and the dyin,
came from far and near, filling his ca
with groans and death-shrieks--'o him tt
sweetest Of music At eighty or an hu
dred wards distant from him, a humb
house Of logs, unscathed by his warrior
ecaucht his eager eye. In q minute 4
stood upon it's threshhold, and, bursting Z
door open,, shadedithe little room with i
ifearfulsfor HE started back almost &C
founded al the scene within. He had g
pected to see the inmates shrieking q
.scfouching for his mercy, at this hour
the massacre, when instead, a. female
there alone with her five children arou
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