Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

The heM day, wteea ahaEMouldsbe with them
with his baud. "a Ioa9 yellsof iisappsoba-
lion was lhe-only- re{ly that he received
liof some monren,sS hss a sS'aA al -
A, leng,h,s sall es lid old chiefs had con-
suited toge,he +. ,l,es.Ni.h manifest ,reluc-
,ance acceeded 10 proposition, much 10
tie DISAPPOINTMENT disapprdbaiion OIL
the youn ger portion zSf dhe wairibrs and
women Of tho riII3Sess,I hig was also a.
greed TO-, and .Wi5laug the Great Spiru
speed him on lis jssis .1ftie1 'b5de hin
go back and 9,a,sts aassayi.i " assl,osslbie4
sthe.ad vanses os i,iy 7iisls
whoop, he bounded n,os.he fsnestl, and was
lost 10 their sight. ......,.,.s =
Tie Iil,le bin1 had watched with feeling
heartsthe trdr,ittc;s " witf{wficfi he ma,t.
aged, ahdaon Witnessing i'is success, could
hardly restrain a loud ahusza. He, smn,
j,ined them, and they sat down, TO watch
The movements OF Inc savages, whom they
now looked upon as alfeeudy in'theif pow
err .s.-5.Ess4z=z 1855 s7.zE sa&5zz. sszs -
The Indians giving full eredanceat to his
story, implicitly f,llowed his directions -
The ,captves were securely bonnd and
dragged into an old log building, aud an
Indian sent over with canoe. with orders
to wait Till Nulkile and his party returned
and as sist them in crossing. 'fhe fires
were extinguished, md soon n UNIVERSAL
stiffness reigned ,hroughou, The village.
Brady and his men awaited tho. hour OF
midnight. lhe plan Of attack having been
agreed upon, they prepared themselves 10
cross the river, The. savage who was
guarding the canoe was first 10 be disposed
OF beore anything coali be- d,nc. The
lender undertook hisltask. Sill wearing
his disguise, he sapproached the spnt where
the Indian lay. lie had kindled- n small
fire and was soandly sleeping, little. dreatn-
ing of the approaching harm Brady vas
soon by his side; and as he approached, the
fs:eeper made slight movement, and inco-
herently mute ed something nboAt the
pale faced prisoners; bat ,ha, movement
IIewas bis last Oae bow oTlhs white mans
steel had sent him to his last account. =
| Capt B. then ordered his men 10 move
! silently along down the oank half m le
below the viIage. where they could cross
wit hon, being discovered; and laying down
in The canoe he lei it float gently along un-
der the shadow Of the oYerhanging trees =
The Iitllc canoe won!d no, carry II 1.-THE Of
his men, ana having to contend with a Sill
Ecu:ren, he was necessarily occupied some
time IN crossing. The village being situa-
tied en- tho poial, her4ssdzaed isis ,aesle in Il.
line in the rear Of il. As the point at This
place was narrow, his line extended to the
water on either side. Having thus posted
his men he proceeded TO reconnoiire. ,
He soon perceived tha, the Indians had
left but one TO guard the captive. This
was tall brawny savage, well armed, but
he was also scnndIy sleeping, By one ol, the
half exlinguisled fires. He was also des.
patched us the other had been.
Brady opened the door, and telling the
captives in n whisper who he was, and his
errsnd he severed The thongs which boun I'd
Them, and ordered them to take the arms
which lay around the slaughtered Indian,
aud do. as he commanded. He took a
brand from one Of The smouidering fires,
and kiudIed ii int, a blaze, and igniled The
coubustlble materials OF snme oil the prin-
cipal wigwams. This work done he 81
lently watched the progress of the flames
as tiiey leaped forth from their frail tene-
ments. 90. SEAS At = s-1Es5 i
The first iniimation the Indians had of
the presence Of a foe. was the bursting in
Of tile tlames upon them. As the first ono
appeared at the door of his dwelling, Brodf
shouted to his men, who rushed to the
scene. l5z E tfss y .5 es,~l :
Tho horror stricken savages sprang
from their houses7to be shot or cut down by
the Whites, who drove them forward to the
rivers bank. The savages now took part
in scenes similar TO those enacted in Ny
otnlng, bot were now the party who suffer-
ed FROM the slaughter 'fhose who were
not killed or disabled rushed into the icy
flood, and as the light from the burning
village made them distinctly visible, but five
or SIX escaped death by the rife or BY
drowning. Among those who escapcj,
were the CHIEFS Cornplan,er and kntan-
ming ' p f~fsFs@ 5s&s s77-.sse
Never was surprise more perfect, or
attended with better success. 1t seemed
tia, the hand Of heaven was with the
whites; and, when the slaughter ceased.
The little band with their rescued friends
olned IN alteration to the Being who had
thus led them on to victory. .-azs*sas So
'Fhs blow upon the hostile Indians was
the last that was required to bring them to
terms OF peace The chief, sCornplan,er,
who onl y escaped by diving under the
floating ice,s lived to a good Old nge: and
was afterwards the firm friend of the white
man.. Ii was with him that all the cores
pondence between the government and the
Six Nations was deposited. lie was one
of the principal actors on the part Of the
Indians in concluding the treaty at Fort
Stanwix and Harmar; and the original
copies of The treaty are still preserved by
his son, together with a great mass Of cor
respondence from Washington, jefferson,
and other distinguished men of the day.
John O'Beale died in the winter Of s36. F.
Brady, whose early life was fell of Incl.
dents OF this kind-all we believe attended
with equal success-lived long enough to
enjoy the blessings for which he had so
nobly toiled. and fought and bled, and when
al last he died in the maturity of age, it
was among his friends, and in the midst Of
a populous, happy. and free country, which
owed much of its prosperity to him; and
the christian patriot passed away from
earth to heaven, thanking the Giver of all
good for permitting him TO Fbe instrumental