Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-03-05

formed by. The savages as they slept Their
guns we're stacked upon The right, and most
Of their lomahawks. The arms we're not more
than fifteen feet from them. lie bad eraWled
within hty fee. OF them. when the snOrting
of The horses OceasOped by the aPpsOash OF
wild beast had aroused number Of ihe ssva-
ges from lhsir light slumbers. and be bad been
compelled to lie quiet for more than an hour
Until they slept again.
He thea told them that he would attack !
them. Il was impossible 70 use Gre arms
They must depend solely upon The knife an d
tomahawk. The knife must be placed in the
left hand and the tomahawk in the right. To
Briggs he assigned the duty Of seeureing their
arms. He was to begin the work Of Slaughter
upon the right Gray upon The lef' and BeviDg-
ton in the centre.
After each fairly understood the duty assign
ed him, the slow difficult. hazardous approach
began. They continued upon their fees unit!
they had got within one hundred yards OF their
foe, and then laid down upon their bellies and
began the work Of writhing themselves forward
like serpent approaching victim. They at
! last reached the very verge Of the line, each
: man was at his post. save Briggs, who bad the
G f4rthe,t t) go. Just as he passed Brady's posi-
h ion, a twig cracked roughly under the weigh
Of his body, and huge savage, who lay with
d in the reach Of Gray's tomahawk, as II star
J. lied into this 70 .turs by the sound. After rol
= ling his eyes be .agsi lay down and all VA
[ Istill.
+ Full fifteen minutes passed ere Briggs moved
y then he slowly went on. When be reached
y hi, place. very slow Kissing sound indicated
Ii thai he was ready, Brady in turn reiterate
:. the sound as signal to Gray and Bevlngto'
II to begin. sEhis they did in the most el'Oer
q ate manner. No nervousness was permissible
y hen. They slowly felt for the heart OF eaci
:" avaoe thew we're to stab. and then plunge
n ,bo knife. The tomahawk was not to be use
/. unless the knife proved inefi;isnt. Not SCUM
x h,oLe the stiffness Of the night as they csut
b ousIv felt and STABBED, il nigh! be that on
- !; who was feeling would hear the stroke OF tn
lv others knife and the groan OF the victIr
to who n the OF her ha slail. Thus the woF
he rroceeded. Six Of the savages were slain.-
fa- nre of them had not been killed outright
" !. tbe stab of Gray. lie sprang to his teet' D
ar. 4, bs arose to shout his war cry, the tOmaha'
ch fosbed what the knife had begun. lie sta
,erad and fell heavily forward. over one W
ION had not vet been reached. lie in turn start
'sv @ m, but Brady was too quick his kn'Ie reac
nd .d his heart and the tomahawk his brain
ira most at the same instant.
fact All were slain by the three spies except
u.s. uo started 10 flee, but liae shot by brl!
sids G rarc merrily out upon the night air and clio
ow. u. ooresr. The woman and children ALARM
ling hr tbs contest, fled wildly to the woods;
oil when all had grown still and they were call
'ue' 'ra bsv returned, recognizing amid their ir'
,ba tones of their own people. The whole
Rev. ~ then took up their march for Mcintosh
s. once. About sunrise the sentlnels at 'he
ight were surprisedto see the cavacade oil no
,1;r- ,,.r wcmen. and children, approaching
here fart When they recognized Brady they
: was ooca admitted him and the whole party
eyer II The relation Of the circumstances alter
- .o, ,laimed to have killed three
tv;c. Cav three. Thus Brady who claimed not
ard n,rst have slain at least sy, whilst The
uoro ,-o .,sw as many. The thirteenth 3
the shot.
: was From that hour to this the spring is C
, for the "Bloody Spring." and small run IS
elk or ed ,Brady's rua.' Few. even oil the mo.
r. a rous of the people living in the neigoborf
Nc. know aught of the circumstances Wh'ch
SPOT, rerred these names Thus ended one o
ofthe very many hand to hand fights which 'ne
they spv had with the saVages' Ills history
from ler of daring incident, sangninary, close
inc SO contests, perilOus explorations anu awe W
y dell ous escapes. than that of either Of the /"
- rntain poore q, Kenton. He saw more service
,ovqrvy onv Of them, and his name was known
ID not bye-wOrd Of terror among 'O' .. lnu"n
from, the susquehanns to lake Michigan
n ~, Ou The Game Law.
''n',;' -; The following very funny debate on u
" "'9 g. nrotoc,;np gvme, introduced by our