The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-13
A Thrilling Narrative.
INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF CAI.TAIl
-hSo'i7-E SAMUEL BRADY. h .i.a'
BY, A WESTERN MAN.

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About thirty miles below the pres
ent city of Pittsburg, stood an ancient
fort,z known as Fort Mcintosh. Il
was built by q revoluti onary gentle
man of that name, in the summer oi
ITS. 1t was one of a line of forts
which was intended to guard the peo.
pie who lived south of the O Ohio river
from the incursions CT the savages tc
the 'northward. This fort was one O..
the great favorite res orts of the great
Indian spy. and hunter, Captain Sam
uelBrady 1; although bis usual head
quarters was Pittsburg, then consist
ing af a rude fort az i'd a score or two
of rough frontier tenements.
Brady had emigrs ted westward, or
rather had marched 1thither, in ITS,
as lieutenant in the distinguished
Eighth PennsylVania Regiment, un-
der the comman6t of General Rich
ard Broadhead. of Easton. When, in
the spring of1779, Mcintosh retired
from command in the west, Broad
head succeeded him, and remained at
Pittsburg until 1871. Shortly after
his advent to the west, Brady was
breveted Captain.
Brady had served at the seige o1
Boston, fought at Long Island and
White plains, gone through the whole
of the camJ,aign at Trenton and
Princeton, suffered at Valley Forge,
distinguished himself at Germantown
and ?Brandywine, aud narrowly es-
capped death at Paoli. But his taste
led him TO the erratic mode of war
fare known -upon-the frontier. In
deed his early education upon the UP
per Susquehanna had inculcated and
developed those tastes from the very
earliest boyhood.. Hating an Indian
with that yinstinctiye hatred which is
1begotten IN the bosom of the white
race by long years of contest and out
rage, a bitter Intensity was impaired
to the feeling in his case by the mur-
der of his father and younger brother
by the Indians under trying and terri
BILE circumstances. res sr 4
Having promised this much by
way of introductioIl, it brings us to
that eventful morning in which Ira
zdy set out from f ort Mcintosh for
Pittsburg. He; had with him two OF
his trusty and well tried followers.
These were not attached to the regu-
lar army, as he was. but were scouts
and spies, who had been with him up
ON many an expedition. They were
Thomas Tevington and Benjamin
Biggs. Brady resolved to follow the
northern bank of the Ohio. Biggs
objected to this, upon the ground, as
Brady well knew, that the woods
were swarming with savages. Brady
however, had resolved to travel by
the old Indian path, and having once
made up his mind, no consideration
could deter him from carrying out
his determination. Bevington had
had such implicit confidence in his
ability to lead, that he never thought
Of questioning his will. r.
Quite discussion arose between
Biggs and his captain at the mouth Of
Beaver river, about a mile above the
fort, and where they must cross the
Ohio. if they continued upon the
northern side. Biggs finally waived
his objections, and they crossed Bea.
yer and proceeded with the habitual
caution of woodsmen. who fully un-
derstood their business. They had
started early, and by travelling they
had reached, ere noon came, the last
piece of bottom land on the north
side of the river, just below what is
known as the NarroWs. Upon this
bottom pioneer moye daring thar
most others, had built a cabin, and
opened a small spot of cleared land
He had planted it in corn, and it gave
promise ofa most abundant harvest
But as they approached the edge ol
the clearing just outside of the fence
Brady discovered "Indian signs" a: