The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-03-10
Eacidcnt In the Life Of
CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY.
A STORY OF FORT MACINTOSH AND
BEADl'S RUN.

ent CITY OI IlttsUurg, auu Wncre pea
yer now stands stood an ancient tori
known as fort Mclntosh. IL was bulls
by revolutionary general ot thai
name. in the summer of lI.S. 1t was
one Of the line of forts which was iu-
t nded to guard the people who lived
south OF the Ohio river, from the To-
curSious of the s.valcs to the north.
ward. This fort was one o. the favor
itc resorts of the great indian spy and
hunter, Captain Samuel Brady. Al
though bis usual headquarters wa~
Plttsbirg, then consisting of rude
fort, and score or two rough frontier
tcBcmCnts.
Brady hal cmigratcd westward. or
rather bad marched thithcr in l11S, n
lieutenant 10 the distinguished Eigh,h
Pennsylvania. Regiment, under tie
command of General Richard BroC-
head OF Easlou When, in 'he spring
OF l779. NJ Intosh re.ircd ON COM
manI in tie W,s', Brodh,ai succeed
ci hm and remained at Pitt,Durg un.
Il, 1881
Soon after his advent to the West.
Brady was breyctted Captain. lie
had served at the siege Of Boston,
fought ut Long Island and White
Plains, gone through the whole of the
terrible campaign OF Trenton and
Princeton, suffered at Valley FORGE.
distinguished himself at GrrmautoNr
and Bran iywinc. and narrowly e.
capcd dcaih at Pao.i But his tast,
led HIM I, tho ezra &c mode # war
fare known upon the iIonlior Indeed
his early education upon the upper
Su.quehaLua had incu'rated and de
vrlopei hose tastes irJm the very ear
licst boyhpod, Hating an lud Ian with
that instructive hatred, which is be-
GOTTEN in the BOSOM of the white
race by long years Of contest aud OUT
rage, n bitter intensity WAS imp.rtcl
TO the !cc.iGg in this ease by th' mul-
Ter Of his father aud n younger brother
by the Indians, under trying AMI tei.
rible circum. tances.
llayiu. promised this much By way
of Introduction it brings rs To the
eventual morniug in which Brady SGT
out from fort Mcintosh Tor p,ttsburs
He had with him two Of his trusty
and well trained followers. These
wero not attached to the regular army.
~ he WAS, but were scouts unl spies,
who had been with him on many an
expedition. They were Thomas Bcy-
iugton aud Benjamin B.gs.
Brady resolved to follow the north.
ern bauk Of the Ohio. Bisg, objected
to this, upon the grounds, as Brady
well knew, that the woods were full
Of savages. Brady howe, er, had re-
solved to travel by the old Indian path.
aud having once made up his mind 90
consideration could deter him from
carrying out his determination. Bev
ngton had such implicit faith in his
ability to lead, that he never once
thought Of questioning his will.
Quite Il discussion arose bet woeu
Briggs and his captain at the mouth
of Beaver river. abodt Il milo above
the fort, and where they must or S,
the Ohio ifthey didn't want to con-
tinuo on the southern side. Briggs
finally waived his objections and they
crossed the Ohio and proceeded with
habitual caution of wooismen who
fully understood their business.
They had started early and by rapid
travelling they had reached, Gro noon
came, the last piece Of bottom land on
tho north side Of tho river, below "the
Uarrows'" This is where Sewickley
now stands. Unon this bottom pi-
oneer more daring than most Others
had built n cabin and opened small
spot Of cleared land lie had planted
it in corn, and it gave promise Of n
most abundant harvest.
But rs they approached the edge of
the clearing, just outside of the fence,
Brady discovered "Indian signs" as
he called them. His companions dis
covered them aim 1st as quick as he,
and at once in low tones communica
ted to each other the necessity of n
keen watch.
They slowly trailcd along the side
of the fence toward tho house. whose
situation they all knew. until the stood
upon the brow Of the bluff which over,
looked it. A sight of tho most terri
BILE description met their eyes. The
cabin lay mass Of smoulderlng ruins
from which dull blue smoke arose in
the clear August sunshine. Thcv oh.
served everything around it, Brady
knew il was customary for the Indians
after they had fired settlers cabin
IL there was no immediate dagger to
retire tn the woods close at hand. and
watch the approach of tho family who
might chance to be absent when they
made the descent. Not knowing but
that they were even then lying close
ut hand, he LETT Bevington to watch
The ruins, lying under cover whilst be-
proceeded TO the northward and Biggs
southwark to make discoveries Both
were to return to Bevington il they
found no Indians. lfthey came across
tho perpetrators, and they were too
numerous to DO attacked regularly,
Brady declared il mis- purpose tn have
one fro at them, and that should be
the signal for both of his followers to
make the best of their way to the fort
All this rapidly transpired, and with
Brady TO decide was to act. As he
stole cautiously around the northern
aida of the enclosure he heard n voice