Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
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doomed 10 immediate destruction or the
horrors of an imprisonment 10 which death
itself was preferable Their prisoners
were generally burned at the stake, Or
adopted into The fn,nily Of soDe one who
| had losi s friend; and tiie pres ssnce OF Saxon
blood a, This day among The feeble rem.
nants Of hose once powerful tribes, proves
that this latter practice was not uncommon.
Wherever the;r thirst for blood and plumber
directed their steps, their course vas mark
ed by devastation and ruin. S's--'' .
+ Much has been said and written about
the atrocities %. tie Indians, bit We have
reason 10 believe lhat Tie extent Of their
|nepredations was never .kAeWn or Gwen
suriplsed. Isle enterprise OF the earlyt
settlers carried many Of them into the then
western forests Is seek farms for them.
selves and their children; and great rum-
bers were destroy ed without knowledge Of
their fate coming 10. those in the more
po, ,uluus ,dislricls. thirty or forty years
Isince, many 'old clearings' were found on,
tho borders. OF the Empire and Keystone
States; aud The remains oi the buildings
which were generally found TO have been
destroyed by the agency OF fire, too plainly
toll what had been the iite OF the occupants.
/ /; was al this time, when Indian hostili-
ties. had LEONE, To-, aggravaling 10 be
arlber borpe, when sullivan went with II
large army 10 stb;iue aud entirely uproot
the power s.oi. Tie Six Nations; and we'll
WIS his erraHa accomplished. He adop,esi
their own system Of Notwithstanding wisle
The cultivated fields, and making prisoners
Eol lie people. The lsaians learned a
lesson from hin which ihe lapse OF time
has moi causei ttem 10 forget.
S xtv.Iiye miles nortl, oi tie busy city
Of Pl,sbnrgh, near tho western boundary
|of The Stale, The Ailegh"i1y river after
sweeping on in. south easterly direction
for soire dislaGce, n,akes sudden bend;
and s'ier running nearly round q high
mountain, again resumes It's FORMER course
| l'he distance round being arine miles, il
has. received the mime sul' Nine Mite
! Bend; by s,;ile il is tls' cllle9< Brady's
Bend. .fhe Width of tile prom,ntory al
| lie, COMMENCEMENT ot the bend is about a
ni!r; aud person stending on the topa OF
the IluuEthin can SEQ tho riter on elbor
hand, as is sparkling waters wind their
selves beyond the far off summit OF the
mountain and again emerge into view in
tie eiichan' cd distance. eln7,he Jeff tank
a. the upper end uf,@lhs bend, is large
and be,ulliHl pIain, which EXTENDS for some
distance along lie river. 'The Iand being
aluvial il al very SURPRISING fertility.
he broad Afleghanv here spreads out
10 an uicoinaron width, any onefnigh we'll
imagine himself to be gi'zing down t.n the
p';cid surface OF some beauufnf and seques
tered vale, eabosclned sn'ong the hills,
shan upon mighty river ,ha,ls in some
places turbulent and rocky. On the oppo.
site side from, lie plain OF which we have
poken-whi.h terminates III u point ex
lcild.ng stine distance into the rivera
large uis1lntain rises almost perpendicular
from the waters edge. aiit seems TO tower
10. The very skies The des of4his lnoun-
lain nj The tims of which we write,
we're covered with laurel, mduntain ush
aud ether wild Indigenous Shrubs, forming
neirty iiiii1errinl,s thickets, whllelhe top
vas tsuftneuntej with 1t heavy growth Of
oak and chestnut trees. interspersed with
tere aid there n huge pine,f towering far
above the surrounding forest, like some
sentry GRIM guarding from age TO age an
inaccessible lafttess 70 -ai-as 57-&ase e~<
The 2Atleg5nny mountains, a short dis
tance above aud n mile Or two below The
commencement Of the bend, rise perpen-
diculariy from the water's edge on both
sides, of the river, thas shutting in this ro-
mantle sp5t, so il is with great difficulty
that it can be approached, except by the
river. 'a<=S=5 7i-@i go 5.E-- ss-. a@ z'
81 The 1ndi,ns who exercise much taste in
matters oi the kind, Had selected this. as
ste fora village and it was scne Of the
principal rendezvous otisthes Selecas.-
From this place emanated many OF those
war parties which were so successful
during the revolutionary contesi; and from
IT'S supposed sinaccessibiiHy, and security,
had 4receisedsathe appropriate name of
sI,cione-O Odenohsoot,' or the 'tVoH's Den. >
90 At this time there were many brave and
generous men living on the western from
Tiers. who, by eirsagacity and knowledge
of athc Indian character, were enabled to
cuPc successfully with their savage neigh-
bors, and often ehastise them severely Ier
their deeds of nalignity. Conspicuous
among these for his in,repidity wos Captain
lBrady,a a brother Of the general by that
name, who, it has been o.tenssaid, was
celebrated in his day for his feat upon the
hostile Indians along the frontiers of Penn
|sy lvania. Being rzconversant with their
language, and Of necessity Intimately ac-
quainted will, their manners and customs,
he was generally successful in nhisrenconlres
wi!h them. In him the defenceless settlers
found asfriend, supporter, and fnther in the
dark and bloody time,' who wasfullycom
Fpetepl to9the task which thus depolved upon
him, and who faithfully, did his duty to his
country through nh the storms of the Reyo'
luton. But while the historian has re
corded the names Of many Of his distin-
guished enemies, who were opposed 10 hic1,
and were yanquished bv his superiority, he
has Ieit the name of Capt. Brady to be
forgotten. ess.,f F>+
/ His residence was in the valley of the
lSusquehanna, a few miles from the scene
of the memorable massncre of Wyoming.
which took place in l77s. There he had
hoped to spend his life in quiet, but the
| thickenlng storms Of the border war called
Eforth from his retirement. 10. defend the
hitherto happy homes of his kindred, and
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