Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-08-18

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trails, he said, the other half of the Indi
ans would escape; should they follow
neither one, all would escape, and shonld
/ they divide, each division would be
comparatively small, and they might all
be cut off in detail; therefore it was for
them to choose whether they would GO
forward in one party or TWO, or return as
they were without striking blow.
The men were not long in deciding;
they were unanimous in their desire To
push forward and take vengeance upon
the enemy; they also preferred division
of the party, aud accordingly about one
half Of them Immediately crossed the
river and set off 10 the northward, while
the remainder, under Captain Brady,
followed the westward trail 10 the Cuya-
hoga Falls.
1t wasthe design and expectation of the
gallant captain 10 take the Indians by
surprise; but the latter, expecting to be
pursued by the whites. were prepared to
receive them and it was only by mere
accident that the borderers were saved
from falling into an ambascade which
would have proved fatal to all.
Seeing that the Indians were fully pre-.
pared for them-th there was no chance
of taking them by surprise-lhat their
numbers were at least four times as many
as their own-our friends judiciously de-
iermined upon retreat; but they had not
gone far when lbe Indians, uttering their
widest war-whoops, set after them in
body.
Knowing that if his men continued TO-
gether, there would be no hope for any of
them, Captain Brady, 10 order TO save as
many lives as possible, called out to them
10 disperse in every direction, and each
man 10 look out for himself. By this
means he expected 10 divide the Indians
into small parties in their pursuit of single
individuals; and this might have been the
result. had they not, unfortunately for his |
own safety, discovered in him their most
and troublesome foe, and at |
once resolved upon his capture.
Captain Brady was we'll known 10 the /
Indians. in former times he had hunted |
with them over these very grounds; but
he had subsequently become their most
tnplacable enemy, aud had done them so
much injury as to create in them fiend-
ish desire 10 take him alive and put him
10 the toHurezthey well knowing that
Ihe Accomplishment of this purpose would
not onlg rid them OF the man they both
hated aud feared, but would deprive the
whites of their bravesi and most daring
eader, and would thus strike more eff.
eetive blow against the latter, than would
he destruction OF dozen or twenty men
# lesser note. For this reason, therefore,
he rnomenl it was ascerained that he
vas one octhe party, his capture was de-
ernlined on by all, and turning from the
'ursuit of the others, the " hole yelling /
rev set after him.
Captain Brady had something of the
tart and was one of the feetest runners {
N The border; that he could distance and I
nd escape from few, he was sanguine .
nough 10 believe; but when he found
imself recognized, and looking behind t,
i'm, saw the whole body in chase of
imself, his very heart seemed TO die
'ithin him. What chance had he of
scape indeed-single handed and alone
-afar from the refuge Of even wilder $
ess fort-and with fifty infuriaied Iudi- '
us 10 hot persuir, urged on by spirit {
{ revenge, above every other earthly D
upon taking him alive or $
cad. q
But the captain was brave man, and a :
rave man dies but once; be was a SAN o
uine man, too, and would not consider b
is case hopeless while the freedom of f
is limbs remained; and though, as he 0
forwards expressed if, ''it was hardly a
ne chance in fifty, yet he was determin- a
! TO do his best, and have no fault to a
nd with himself from lack of effort. D
Near the point where the race first e
arted, the Cuyahaga makes bend TO
e S1uth, so as to nearly enclose an il
.ea Of several square miles in the form o
peninsula; the direction taken by ii
rady soon brought him within this en- |,
osure; and the Indians, by extending o.
cir line TO two banks of the stream, at %,
e point where they most nearly ap-
zach each other, consider him as in Ii
Il and announced their satisfaction by m
lis of triumph. There was now, in al
CT no chance for him TO escape except 81
ro' their lines or across The Cuyhoga riv- tr
; and considering that the foremost pur- Ell
rers were rot fifty yards behind him, pi
her of these chances was regarded by al
savages as an impOssIbility. "
Sill the hardy and gallant captain did g
1 despair; he had many a time hunted hi
er this very ground, and knew every
sh of it, and all the windings, lurnings, on
d peculiari;ies of The river as we'll as &C
: Indians themselves; he knew, too, be