Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-22

stood, by his followers. Al least they did
not hesitate or question him. When dark
came Brady pushed forward with as much
apparent certainty as he had done during
tho day. SO rapid was his progress, that
the [ndiaus had but just kiudlod their fro
and cooked their meal, when their ID, ortal
toe,. whose presence they dreaded ashmuoh
as that Of the email pox, stood upon huge
rook looking down upon them.
Hisjparty had been left o short distance
III tho rear, pt' convenient spot, whilst he
went forward to rccopnoitro Thoro they
remained patiently for three mortal hours.
They discussed, in low tones, the extreme
disparity of the force--the proproty of
going to get assistance. But oil agreed
that il Brady ordered them to attack sue
cess was certain. However impatient they
were, he returned at last.
He described to them how the women
aud children lay within tho centre of
crescent formed by the savages as they
slept. Their guns were stacked upon the
right, aud most Of their tomahawks. Tho
arms were not more than fifteen feet from
theu. He had otawIod within fifty feet Of
thom, when the soortipgs of the horscs,
occssioued BY the approach of wild beast,
had aroused number Of the savages from
their light sumbers, and he had been COM
PEELED to lie quiet for more than al hour,
until they slept again.
tie then tuld them that he would attaok
them. II was impossible to use fire arms.
They must depend solely upon the hnffc
and ton,ahapb. Tho koife must be
placed in the left hund and the tomahawk
in tho right. TO Biggs ho assigned the
duty of securing their arms. He was to
begin the work upon tho right, Gray upon
the left aud BevinYton in the oeutre.
After each fairly understood tho duty
assigned him, tho slow, difficult, hazardous
approach began. They continued upon
their feet until they had gotten within one
hundred yards of tho foe, aud then lay
down upon their bellies and bcgau the
work of writh'ng themselves forward like
serpent approaching n victim. They ut
last reached the very verge Of the line,
each man was ut his post, save Blggs, who
had the farthest to 20 Just as ko passed
Brady's position, q twig cracked roughly
under the weight OF his body, aud hugo
savage, who lay within the reach Of Gray's
tomnhuwk, slowly sat up as If startled into
this posture by tho sound. After rolling
his eyes, ho again lay down and all vas
still.
Full fifteen minutes passed cro Biggs
moved; then he slowly went on. When he
reached his place, very low, Kissing
sound indicated that he was ready, Brady
in turn reiterated tho sound Us a signal to
Gray and Beviugton to begin. This they
did III The most deliherato manner. NJ
nervousness was permissible thou They
slowly felt for the heart of each savage
they were TO stab aud then plunged tho
knife The tomahawk was not to be used
unless tho knife proved Inefficient Not
sound broke the stiffness of the night ~
they cautiously felt und stabbed, un,ess il
might DO that one who was feeling would
hear the stroke OF tho others knife aud the
groan of tie VICTIM whom tho other had
slain. Thus the work proceeded. Six Of
the savoges were slain One of them had
not been killed outright by Gray. He
sprang 10 his feet, but as he arose to shout
his war cry, tho tomahawk finished what
tho knife had begun. lie staggered and
TELL heavily forw,rd, over ono who had not
yet been reached lie 10 turn stlrted up,
but Brady was too quick, his knife reached
his heart and he tonlhawk his brain almost
at tho sa,ue nstaot
kli were slain by the three spies cxoept
Que. He started to flee, but rifle shot by
Bigss rang n,crrily out upon the night air
aud closed his oarcer. The women and
children, aiurncd by tho contest, fed wildly
to the woods; but when all had grown stiiI
and they were oaled, they returned, rccog-
nizing amid their fright tho tones of their
own people. The whole party took up their
march for Mcintosh ut once About sun
rise the next morning the scntres of the
fort were surprised to sea the cavaloade of
horses, men, women aud children, op
proachng the fort. When they recognized
Brady they at once admitted him aud tho
whole party.
In tho relation OF the circumstances
atterward, BcVington claimed to haze killed
three Thus Brady, who claimed nothing,
must have slain at least six, whilst the
other two slew as many. Tho thirteenth,
Biggs shot
From th,t hour to this, tie spring ia
oalled he "Bloody Springs!" md the
small run "Brady's Run" Few, even of
the most curious Of tho people living 10
the peghborhood, know aught of tho cir
cumstances which conferred these names
which will b" preserved by tradition forever.
Thus ended ono Of the very many hand to
hand fights which the great spy had with
the savages. His history is fuller of daring
incident, sauguinary, close, hard contest,
perilous exploration and adventurous es.
olpes, than that Of either of tho Hetzcls,
OF Boono or Kenton. He saw moro service
than any of them and his name was known
as byeword Of terror among the Indian
tribes, from the Susauchanna to Luke