The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-05-24
EBENSBURG, Pa, THURSDAY, MAY "A. 1860

ing ball and landed safely upon the other
rocky abyss, striking little below the |
height from which he sprung, but passing
a clear distance Of twenty-five feet between |
the mural shores.
Instantly grasping some bushes which
fringed the verge of the awful chasm, to
prevent himself from falling backward in
to the seething stream, the gallant captain
stood for a few moments, painting from
his eXertions, and trying to recover his
breath for still another flight.
In those few moments the Indians ap-
peared upon the Opposite bluff, expecting
to find that he had been dashed to pieces
upon the rocks below but on discovering
him safe y on the opposite side, their as
t0nlshment was so great as invOluntarlly
and simultaneously to draw from them
some two or three short approving whoops
forgetting in their first surprise that he
was clearly beyond their reach, and not
seeming to recollect it till he had begun
to vigorously to climb the ridge above him
in his further efforts to escape. Then
drawing up their rifles, with a quick aim,
they poured in upon him something ike
regular volley, most Of the balls whist
ling close around him, and one of them
lodging in his hip, and inflicting a severe
and painful wound.
Notwithstanding this, the gallant fellow
continued his ascent, and on reaching the
top of the ridge, he gave yell of defiance,
and 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 GER
tam; but knowing he would still be fol
lowed, and finding his wound very painful,
he cast about him for some place to secrete
himself from their search.
After running a short distance he dis
covered a 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
! plunged in, swan under water to the tree,
and came up beneath the trunk and among
the branches, in such a manner as to be
barely able to breathe without exposing
any portion Of his person to his enemies.
Here, III a state Of mind which may be
imagined but cannot be described, the
gallant borderer remained for a long time.
watching his enemies as they collected one
by one along the shore at the point where
his bloody trail had disappeared in the
water.
Still resolved upon finding him, either
living or dead, the savagcs were by no
means disposed to give up the search; and
after running along the shore for a consid-
cradle distance, on either side of his trail
to ascertain if possible where he had emer-
ged from the water, several of the party
plunged in, SWAN out to the oak, and ac-
tually seated themselves upon it, while
they converscd Ill their own language
which he understood, concerning his won.
derful escape
At last, with such feelings of Joy as nc
one not similarly circumstanccd might
comprehend, he heard them state their be
lief that he was drowned, and his body
lost to them by being sunk in deep water
and soon after this, to his still greater JOY
they quietly returned to the shore, and one
by one all gradually disappeared.
Remaining in his uncomfortable position
till he considered it safe to leave it, tho
wounded captain himself then swan back
to the land and weary, lame, and hungry
as he was-alone, and without weapon
for his defence-he set off on his long, tie
, dious journey through the wilderness fo
his own home, which he eventually reached
more dead than alive; and where, to his
great qualification, he found the compan
ions Of his perilous expedition already re
turned in safety.
This has truly been considered one o
the most wonderful adventures Of region
teeming with adventure; and to this da,
the ponG in which the captain secreteC
himself bears his name; while the rock,
: chasm Of the Cuyahoga, across which h
made his desperate spring, is known, ia
and near, by the name of ''BRADY's LEAP.
DOMESTIC BEARs.-Once upon a tim
| there lived a couple known far and wild
+ for their interminable souabbleS. Sud