Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-08-28
ASHTABULA. o. SATURDAY. MORNING AUGUST, 2S ISIS.


save or destroy him, his heart beat wildly,
nnd bis whole frame seemed to trcmble with
the intense concentration Of his Mid upon
the fearful vcusure.
Nearef and nearer he came; louder grew
the roaF Of the waters; the awful chasm
gradually yawning before him, and the
white spray Of the fearful torrent rising to
his view; the Indians yelling behind; and
bis only hope here; and then contracting
hisSnuscles, as bis feet tightly pressed the
precipitous rock, and throwing iuto them
all the power Of his concentrated will. he
eaped into the air, like bounding ball,
and landed safely upon the other rocky
verge Of the abyss, striking little below
the height from which be sprung; but pass
ing clear distance Of twenty-five feet be-
tween the mural shores.
Instantly graspng some bushes which
fringed the verge of the awful chasm, 10
prevent himself from falling backward into
the seething stream, the gallant captain
stood for few moments painting from his
exertious, aud striving to recover bis breath
for still another flight
In those few moments the Indians ap.
peared upon the opposite bluff; expecting
TO find TINT he had been dashed to pieces
upon the rocks below; but Oh discovering
him safely on the opposite side; their as.
tonishmcnt was so great as inroluntarily
and simultaneously to draw from them some
two or three short, approving whoops--for-
getting IN their first surprise that Le was
clearly beyond their reach and not seeming
to recollect it till he bad begun to vigorous
ly climb the ridge above him in his further
efforts at escape. Then drawing up their
rifles, with quick aim, they poared in
upon him something like regular yolley,
most Of the balls whislling close around
him, and one Of them lodging IN bis hip,
and inhictiDg severe aud painful wound.
Notwithstanding this. the gallant fellow
continued his ascent, aud, on reaching the
top of the ridge gave yell of defiance,
aud disappeared On the other side.
Captain Brady was now aware that the
Indians would have to make considerable
circuit in order to reach him; and had he
not been SO severely wounded; he would
have considered his escape as almost cer-
tain; but knowing he would still be follow
ed, and finding his wound very painful, and
the cords Of his leg fast stifening, he cast
about him for some place to secrete himself
from their search.
After running a short distance he dis
covered pond, and near the shore large
oak which had fallen into it; there might
be nothing better than this; and hurrying
forward with all his might, he boldly plung-
ed in swan under water to the tree, and
came up beneath the trunk and amoug the
branches, in such manner as to be barely
able to breathe without exposing any por-
tion Of his person TO his enemies.
Here in u state of mind which may be
imagined but cannot be described the gal
liant borderer remained for long time,
watching his enemies as they collected one
by one along the shore at the point where
his bloody trail had disappeared III the wa
ter
Still resolved upon finding him, either
living or dead, the sayages were by no
means disposed TO give up the search; and
after running along the shore for a con-
siderable distance, on either side of his
trail, to ascertain if possible where he had
emerged from the water, several Of the
party plunged in, swan out to the oak, and
actually seated themselves upon it, while
they couyersed in tLeir own language,
which he understood, concerning his won
derful escape.
At last, with such feelings Of Joy as no
one not similarly circumstanced might com
prehend, be heard them state their belief
that he was drowned, aud his body lost to
them by being sunk 10 deep water, and
soon after this, to his still greater Joy, they
quietly returned to the shore, and Que by
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Remaining in his uncomfortable position
till he considered it safe to leave it, the
wounded captain himself then swan back
to the land; aud weary, lame, and hungry
as he was--aloue, and without weapon
for his defense--he set off on his long, te-
dious journey through the wilderness for
his own home; which he eventually reached
more dead than alive; and where, TO bis
great qualification, he found the compan-
ions of his perilous expedition already re-
turned 10 safety.
This has truly been considered one Of
the most wonderful adventures Of region
teeming with adventure, and to this day
the pond in which the captain secreted him
self bears his name; while the rocky chasm
of the Cuyahoga, across which he made
his desperate spring, is known far and near
by the name of BRAD'Y LEAF"
The place, where Brady made his cele-
brated leap across the Cuyahoga, is about
200 yards above the bridge at Franklin
Mills, Portage Co., o.
Eds. Warren Chroaidc.
The Ocean Telegraph.
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