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he river bank. As they proceeded they saw
rom The tracks Of horses and moecasiu prints
lpon The places where the earth was moist,
hat the party was quite q numerous one
After thoroughly examining every cover and
possible place Of concealment, they passed on
10 the soulhward and came back in that ei-
rection to the spot where Bevington stood SEN |
lry. When they reached him they found That
Briggs had not returned. Ina few minutes
be came. Hereported that the trail was large
and broad; the Indians had taken no pains 10
conceal their tracks-tbey simply had struck
back into The country so as TO avoid coming IN
contact With the spies whom they supposed
we're lingering around the river. -s=asA1
The whole foui now went down to the cabin
and carefully examined the ruins, After .
long and minute search, Brady declared in an.
authorative manner, that none Of the inmates
had been consumed. This announcement at
ence dispelled the most narrowing fears Of
GRAY. As seon as all that could be discover
ed had beea ascertained, each one of the party
proposed some course Of action. One desired
to 20 to Pittsburgh and obtain assistance-aa'
other thought it best to return to Mclntosh and
oet some volunteers lhere-Brady listened pa
tiently to both those propositions, but aros'
quickly, after talking moment apart will
Briggs, aud said come
Gray and Bevington Obeyed at once, nor di'
Biges object. Brady struck the trail and be
gan pursuit in that tremendous rapid manne
for which he was so famous. Il was evident
that il the savages we're vertaken, it could on
ly be done by the utmost exertion. The!
J were some hours ahead, and from the numbe
9 Of their horses must he mousted. Brady fel
a that if they wero not Overtaken that night, pur
a suit would be utterly futile. 1t was eviden
t. that this band had been south OF the Ohio an
rloodered the homes Of the settlers. The
had pouncsd upon the family OF Gray upo
their return:
J. When the pursuit began it must have beei
% two O'Clock, at least two hours had been con
J. sumed by the spies in making the necessary el
:, nloration about the house, ere they approach
ed il. and in examing the ruins. Not a wor
was spoken upon the route by any one. The
~ leader kept steadily in advance. Occasional
"a he would diverge irom the track but only
ID take it up again a mile or so in advance II
70 Captsin's intimate knowledge of the tcp1gr
= nby Of the country enabled him to anucipa
70 what points they would make. Thus he gal
ey eIrapidly upon them by proceeding more ne'
re IL in a straight line toward the point at whi
dv thew aimed to cross Beaver river,
10 Atlast. convinced from t5e general dlrectl
in which the trail led, that he could div
''n with absolute certainty the spot where tn
TO would ford that stream, he abandoned 1t a.
struck bollly across the country. The accu
dv cy Of his judgment was vindlcsted oy the
- that an elevated crest ofa long line OF Dill
aY he saw the Indians with their victims nst
ne sppesring upon ravine on the opposite
lis of the Beaver. He counted them as they sl'
in. " filed away under the rays OF The dechn
II, sun. There were thirteen warriors eight
whom were mounted another woman ossl
nee Grav's wife, was in the caval;ade. and |
on children beside hs--in all five children
rec. The odds seemed f arful to Briggs and
rse, inoton: although Brady made no comment
was The moment they had passed out OF 81
lev Brady again pushed forward with unhag
ONE eueray, nor did bis followers hesitate I
ould was not Q man among them whose muscles
not tense and rigid as whip cord, from
the else and training. from hardship and exP'
face Grav's whole form seemed to dllate into
path, ;ts natural size at the sight of his vile
Indi children. Terrible was the vengence ne s.
, ap Just as the sun set, the spies fordec
time stream and began to ascend the ravne. L
ould evident that the Indians intended to camp
and the night some distance up small cree
AS run. which debouches into Beaver flVe'
plain bout three miles from the location OF Fort
Tr,osh. and two below the ravine, The
who owing to the pennsular form OF the tongue
vivid land lying west of the Beaver at which
those -xpected to encamp.was full ten miles
zee to that fort. Here there was famous spr
y the deNlv and cunuingly situated in deel
de- and 50 denselJ enclosed with thick mo
y had pines that there was little danger oil dSo DISC
orting Thev might even light fire and 1t cou
near. be seen one hundred yards.
t. The proceedings of tn ir leader who
at the have been totally inexplicable to all
turn. were partially if not fully, understood
The followers. At least they did not hesl'
turn question him. When dark came' BRAD!
k like ed forward with as much apparent cer'a
ell as he had done during the day. 80 r"p'
face. his progress, that the Indians but ~
oment, tled their fire and cooked their meal
ose at their mortal foe, whose presence 'ney
!, Gray as much as that OF the smallpox s'O'
mulous a huge rock looking down upon 'hem'
quietly His party had been left short dist,
,nce a. the rear. at convenient spot whist