1832.) PENNSYLVANIA CANAL &c. found it necessary to offer the subscribers a bonus of Un Josiah White was immediately despatched to that river, to judge of its situation, and ascertain the state of the mines, and G. F. A. Hauto, who was disengaged, offerIt was at length found impossible for an un-incorpoed to accompany him: they found that the whole country from Lehighton to Stoddartsville, was a complete rated institution to raise the amount of money necessary wilderness, there being only those improvements in the to complete the navigation, and the legislature in 1822, whole, and that there had been five laws passed by the granted them a charter by which the rights formerly For this grant the company yielded legislature for the improvement of the Lehigh by incor- vested in White, Hauto and Hazard, were confirmed to porated companies, one of which granted them lottery to the company. privileges, and the general appropriation bill allotted the right of charging two-thirds of the toll, which they were authorized to charge under the act of 1818. thirty thousand dollars for a subscription by the state to It extends the last corporation that was authorized. This last act der these acts a canal has been constructed which does had expired by its own limitation, a short time previous- honor to the state, and has been spoken of in terms of ly, and the idea of improving the navigation on the Le-high commendation by all who have seen it. high was entirely abandoned, after much money had from Easton to Mauch Chunk, a distance of 46 miles, been expended by the different companies formed un- and within one mile of the highest point on the Lehigh, The mines now owned to which the canal could be extended under the existder the above mentioned acts. by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, were at ing acts of Assembly. The Lehigh canal has produced a complete revoluthat time owned by an association formed in the year 1792, who had expended all their capital in endeavoring tion in the country through which it passes. to get the coal to market; and a lease they had granted year 1818, it has caused a constant stream of wealth to to Charles Miner, Esq. (of the Village Record,) Jacob flow into the adjoining counties, amounting in the whole The Cist, of Wilkesbarre, and a Wm. Robinson, for ten to upwards of three and a half millions of dollars; and years, on the sole condition that they should send from this stream will never be checked or turned while the the mines to Philadelphia, for their own benefit, 10,000 neighbouring mountains continue to contain coal. bushels of the coal each year, had been forfeited by people of those counties, from a state of almost bank, non-user, as had also been two previous leases, on the ruptcy, have risen into opulence; all can procure Under these employment and a ready market for whatever they prosame favorable terms, to other persons. unpropitious circumstances, these three individuals, duce. The lands along the Lehigh, which at the com(White, Hazard, and Hauto,) determined upon apply-mencement of the improvement could be purchased at ing to the association for a lease of the mines, and to the legislature for a law to improve the navigation of the Lehigh, both of which were obtained. Since the from 6 to 10 cents an acre, now command as many dol- By the act of 20th March, 1818, White, Hauto, and to. In the mean time the Lehigh Coal company had been created, and a portion of their capital expended in making a turnpike to the mine. It was now evident that the capital would be insufficient for the purpose of constructing dams and gates to hold a sufficient quantity of water to make artificial freshets in the improved channels, as often as the law required, and the two companies, after much difficulty, agreed to unite under the name of the Lehigh Navigation and Coal company, provided $20,000 of additional capital capital could be Of this sum White and Hazard, (they subscribed. having previously purchased Hauto's interest,) were obliged to subscribe $12,000, as the public had no confidence in the undertaking. This amount was also found insufficient. It was necessary to increase the capital stock by the admission of new subscribers, and the style of the association was changed to the Lehigh coal and Navigation company; but in order to induce a new subscription of $50,000 to the stock, White and Hazard at 5 cents per ton, Freight from Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia, con- 50 1 00 1 04 30 1 12 Amount, $3 96 5 00 $1.04 Leaving a nett proceed of Which must leave to them a greater profit than the Lehigh company made last year on their coal, since the interest of the cost of the canal, ($90,000,) operated upThe Beaver Meadow company have, therefore, on them as a toll of $2 25 on every ton they sent to market. no right to complain-but had the case been otherwise, unless the Lehigh company exceed the limits defined by the act of incorporation, they get no more than the boon which was held out to them by the legislature, as the reward of their patient and enduring perseverance in a herculean undertaking, subject to every discouragement. But far from grasping at all within their reach, as represented by the memorialists, the company permitted the free use of their navigation to the public, and to the predecessors of the Beaver Meadow company, for some years, after they were authorized to collect tolls upon it. Even at the present time, they charge on anthracite coal but 13 cents, where the law allows them 24 cents. They are acting agreeably to and within their contract; and there is no reason why Pennsylvania shall be called upon to adapt expedients to compel the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company to change the terms of a contract, which, while making, were considered as altogether to the interest of the state, and to the certain ruin of the other contracting party. No, if it turn out to be a good bargain the company is entitled to the benefit of it. The commonwealth is also benefit ed by their prosperity. Your committee have ascertained that the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company have charged for their coal, during the last year, at Easton, $4 per ton; and at all intermediate points along the Delaware between Easton and Philadelphia, $4 75 per ton; and at Philadelphia, $5 per ton by the cargo, and $5 50 by retail: that they paid their boatmen, on the Delaware, the same price, for any portion of the distance along the river, as for the whole distance; and that in consequence of the lumber of the boats bringing a better price in Philadelphia than any where above it, they lost more than the difference in the prices of the coal, by selling it short of that market. The memorialists have therefore dealt unfairly with the Lehigh company, by stating that the Mauch Chank coal "was sold at New Hope, on the Delaware, sixty miles by water above Philadelphia, this last season, at higher prices than it was at the same time selling for in Philadelphia, where it is met by competition with the Schuylkill coal." If persons, who purchase the coal from the Mauch Chunk company, choose to retail at higher prices than the Lehigh coal sells for in Philadelphia, this is surely not the fault of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company. That company stand charged by the memorialists with a monopolizing spirit. The history of the last and previous seasons fully prove, to the satisfaction of your committee, that if they do wish a monopoly, they wish to obtain it by supplying the public with coal at a cheaper rate than any other dealers. Their public advertisements in the newspapers show, that they continued, during the intensely cold weather, to sell their coal at five dollars and fifty cents, the same rates as in the summer, while their competitors on the Schuylkill refused their's at less than $10. This is corroborated in the minds of your committee, by an assurance from one of the guardians of the poor of Philadelphia, who happened to be in this town, that the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company had, in the month of December last, supplied the Philadelphia alms-house with 100 tons of coal, at five dollars and fifty cents, while at the same time they were asked $9 to $10 for Schuylkill coal by every other deal er. They truly have but poor encouragement for such sacrifices, if at the moment they are making them, interested speculators can with impunity charge them before the legislature with monopoly and extortion, and excite popular feeling against them by misrepresentation and clamor. We, whose names are hereto subscribed, commissionApril, 1830, entiled," An act to incorporate the Beaver ers appointed by act of Assembly dated seventh day of Meadow rail-road and coal company," certify to his Excellency the Governor, according to the provisions of the second section of the said act, that books were opened at Philadelphia and Easton, to receive subscriptions in compliance with the directions of the act; that one thousand shares of the stock of the company have been actually subscribed-and five dollars on each share of V. Merrick, Joseph Barnes and others; and that five the said one thousand shares have been paid by Samuel thousand dollars, being five hundred dollars on each share of the said one thousand shares are deposited in the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in the city of Philadel phia, on behalf of the president and directors of the Beaver rail-road and coal company, as appears by the annexed certificate. JOEL JONES, To be incorporated in the names of Samuel V. Merrick, Joseph Barnes, John Conard and others. Joel Jones, one of the commissioners appointed by the within mentioned act, being duly sworn says, that books were opened for subscription of the within mentioned stock at Easton, in the county of Northampton, and that five shares thereof were there subscribed, and five dollars were paid on each share, and the residue of the facts within stated, upon the representation to him made, he believes also to be true. Signed, JOEL JONES. John Conard, one of the commissioners appointed by the within mentioned act, being duly affirmed according to law, doth declare and say, that books were opened for subscriptions of the within stock, at the coffee house in the city of Philadelphia, agreeably to the said act, and that one thousand shares thereof, were subscribed, and five dollars were paid on each share, and deposited in the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, agreeably to the Your committee have thought it but justice, while they are examining complaints against one company, and find them perfectly unfounded, to examine also the nature and condition of the company which, for three years, has importuned the legislature with these misrepresentations, and in whose favor such unprecedented privileges are asked by the memorialists. They now lay before you the result of their inquiries. Joseph Barnes made an agreement with Nathan Beach and others, having adverse claims to title, which resulted in the Beaver Meadow coal mine tract coming into the possession of said Barnes, who mortgaged it to the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of the city of Philadelphia, for about $23,000, which mortgage has not since been removed. In 1830, as the legislature were wil ling to grant incorporations for rail-roads and not for coal companies, application was made for the incorporation of the Beaver Meadow rail-road company, who, as a compensation for making a rail-road from their own mines to the river Lehigh, were to have the privilege annexed of owning and working 200 acres of coal land, SIR: Your letter of the 3d instant was received this with the usual appurtenances of a coal company. The morning, and has been submitted to the Governor. In act was passed, and the following correspondence be-order to incorporate the "subscribers" to the stock of annexed certificate. JOHN CONARD. Affirmed and subscribed this 3d day of July, 1830, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, } the Beaver Meadow Rail-road company, it will be necessary to know their names, with the number of shares subscribed by each. The Governor would prefer, (although not indispensably necessary,) that a majority of the seven commissioners named in the law, would sign the certificate. Your enclosure is herewith returned; as soon as it is forwarded in the corrected form the Governor will direct the charter to issue. S. MCKEAN. I am respectfully, your ob't serv't, JOHN CONARD, Esq. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 12th July, 1830. SIR-Your letter of the sixth instant is received, returning the certificate of the commissioners of the Beaver Meadow rail-road and coal company. I have procured two more names to the certificate, which make altogether a majority of the commissioners. Sa The subscribers in Philadelphia are as follows: muel V. Merrick, 1000 shares; Joseph Barnes, 2500 shares; John Conard, 100 shares, and Benjamin S. Janney 2 shares, which makes altogether upwards of 1000, the number required by law to authorize the letters patent to issue. There are more shares subscribed in other places, but we have not the books here, and cannot insert their names or number of shares. It has been usual, I believe, to insert in the letters, but two or three of the first named subscribers, and we wish in this case, the two or three first named to be inserted. It would take time to procure the books from Northampton, and as the season is so far advanced, we are anxious to be organized as early as possible, so as not to lose the summer. We hope the names inserted above, will be sufficient to authorize the issuing of the letters patent. They are all the subscribers in the city. Respectfully, your obedient servant, SAMUEL M'KEAN, Esq. JOHN CONARD. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Philadelphia, July 6th, 1830. SIR-Your letter of the 14th instant was duly received, and the commissioners regret they should have given the necessary form of the certificate. They had purso much trouble in consequence of not understanding sued as near as practicable the letter of the law, which enacts"that when one thousand shares shall be subscribed, and five dollars paid on each share, and the fact of such subscription being certified to the Governor," letters should issue, &c. We have now, however, made the certificate to conform to the one given, but we are not able to get Mr. Jones' name to it, as he is now in Easton, and Mr. Holgate is up at Wilkesbarre, and will We probably not return under two or three weeks. have therefore only the names that are here. The law. appears to us to authorize any two of the commissioners to act, and we hope it will be sufficient. It will be seen that Joseph Barnes's subscription of 2500 shares is omitted, and the reason is that no money was paid by him, and therefore in this stage of the busithe other subscribers, that he should subscribe the mine, ness goes for nothing. It was agreed between him and down accordingly. This can be arranged with the comas the proprietor for so many shares and as was put pany when organized, and his name is left off for the present. I send the original certificate, which is signed by Mr. Jones, and may be added to the present one if thought necessary; I remain, very respectfully, Your obedient JOHN CONARD. To the Secretary of the Commonwealth. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, commissioners appointed by act of Assembly, passed the 7th day of April, 1830, entitled "An act to incorporate the Beaver Meadow Rail-road and Coal company," certify to his excellency the Governor of the commonwealth of P. S. Five shares more, as is understood, are all that Pennsylvania, that books were opened according to the are subscribed, but we have not the names. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, July 14, 1830. S provisions of the second section of the said act, for subscription to the stock of the said company, and that the following named persons have subscribed the number of shares set opposite to their names respectively: That SIR-If the facts stated in your letter of the 12th in-is to say, Samuel V. Merrick one thousand shares, John stant, were embodied in the certificate signed by the Conard one hundred shares, and Benjamin S. Janney commissioners, it would come under the provisions of two shares, amounting in the whole to one thousand one the law. It has not been usual to issue charters, with-hundred and two shares, and that the sum of five dolout having the whole number of subscribers named. In lars on each and every of the above mentioned shares order to show the difficulty at once, I give you the newere paid to them by the subscribers at the time of cessary form of that part of your charter: making such subscription. JNO. PURDON, Philadelphia, 16th July, 1830. City of Philadelphia, Sct. "And whereas Joel Jones, John Conard, John Purdon and Samuel Badger, a majority of the commissioners named in the said act of the General Assembly, to receive subscriptions to the stock of the said company, aforesaid, have certified to me in writing, under their respective hands, and under oath, that the following named persons have subscribed the number of shares of the said stock set opposite to their names respectiveBe it known, that on this sixteenth day of July, 1830, ly; that is to say, Samuel V. Merrick, one thousand personally appeared John Purdon, John Conard, Samshares, Joseph Barnes, two thousand five hundred uel Badger, the three commissioners above named, beshares; John Conard, one hundred shares, and Benja-fore me the subscriber, one of the Aldermen of the city min S. Janney, two shares-amounting in the whole to of Philadelphia, and being respectively sworn or affirmthree thousand six hundred and two shares. And it is ed, did declare that the facts set forth in the above writalso further certified to me by the said commissioners, ten certificate, by them signed, were true. that the sum of five dollars on each and every of the Witness my hand and seal, above mentioned shares, was paid to them at the time of making the said subscriptions, &c." The Governor regrets the delay occasioned by the want of the necessary certificate, but is nevertheless confident that you would prefer that the charter should be issued in accordance with the provisions of the law, and not in a defective form. GEORGE BARTRAM, Alderman. [SEAL.] The patent was forwarded, but the fees still remain unpaid, notwithstanding a renewed application was made for the amount in November last. From this it appears that there were two certificates furnished by the commissioners; the first of these says, that one thousand shares was subscribed by Joseph Barnes and others-that five dollars was paid by them on each share, at the time of subscribing. The second makes out the whole one thousand shares, without mentioning Joseph Barnes at all; and one of the commissioners in his letter of 16th, says, that "no money was paid" by him; although in the first certificates he declares it was. John Conard's letter of 12th, states there were 3602 shares subscribed, and the first certificate 1000 shares, and that the money was deposited in the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank. The bank certifies a credit to the "account" of the company, of but $5000. What became of the $5 per share which by law were required to be paid and certified on Conard and Janney's subscrip tions? But your committee have noticed enough incongrui. ties in this correspondence to show that considerable management and contradiction took place in the commencement of this institution. From other sources information has reached the committee, from which they are led to believe that the following will appear to be the facts of the case, if an inquiry be instituted. That Joseph Barnes and John Conard were jointly interested in the Beaver Meadow speculation; that upon the passage of the law, an arrangement was made for a sham subscription to the stock; that Barnes made an arrangement with Merrick, to subscribe 1000 shares, without paying one cent for them, and under a stipulation that he at least should not be a loser by it; that the property is not to this day cleared from the incumbrance of the mortgage, and therefore that it still stands in the name of Barnes, and that the company now has only a conditional existence; and finally, that the certificate given by the cashier of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank was not predicated on money deposited there by the commissioners of the Beaver Meadow Rail-road and Coal company, but upon the deposite of a note for $5000, which was merely passed to their credit for the express purpose of being the foundation of that certificate; and the company never had authority to draw for any portion of it on the bank. From the Blairsville Record. Of the Life, and Military and Hunting Adventures of CAPT. SAMUEL BRADY. Who has not heard of Brady, Captain of the Spics? Of his perilous adventures by field and flood! Of his hairbreadth escapes in the imminent deadly breach? Of his chivalrous courage? Of his unmatched personal activity?-Yet where do we read his history?-It is to be learned only from the aged settlers of Western Pennsylvania, or peradventure, from a time-worn Ranger: for a few of Brady's warriors still survive. Actuated by a desire to preserve from oblivion, such portions of his life and actions as may yet be obtained. I have made several attempts to procure from individuals the most interesting events in his military career, but hitherto without success. At length an aged friend has kindly offered to furnish such details as an intimate acquaintance with Captain Brady, enables him to give. We trust that the subject will be deemed of such interest that others will contribute their mite, and that a historian will yet be found to place Brady of the Rangers by the side of Wayne, Marion, Lee of the Legion, and other distinguished patriots, whose memories are immortal. He is emphatically the Hero of Western Pennsylvania; and future bards of this region, when time shall have mellowed the facts of history, will find his name the personification of all that was fearless and fruitful of resources in the hour of danger. His the step that faultered not; the eye that quailed not, even in the terrific scenes of Indian warfare. Many a mother has quieted the fears and lulled to sleep her infant family, by the assurance, that the broad Allegheny, then the dividing line between the Indians, was watched by the gallant Captain and his rangers; and to their apprehensions of death or captivity by the Indians, has replied encouragingly, "They are not move on the river, for there lies Brady and the rangers." In this number of my sketches, I can give little more than an introduction to the subject. John Brady, the father of Capt. Samuel Brady, was born in the state of Delaware, A. D. 1733. Hugh Brady, the father of John had emigrated from Ireland. At a very early period Hugh Brady settled within five miles of where Shippensburg now stands. The country was then a wilderness, thinly settled by Irish emigrants, simple, sincere, and religious. Many anecdotes are recollected, evincive of this, but they would be out of place here. During the French and Indian wars, that part of the country was much harrassed by the Indians. John Brady and several other young men had been active against them; and as a mark and reward of merit, he was appointed a Captain in the provincial line, which at that time was no small distinction. He married Mary Quigly: and Samuel, their first child, was born in the town of Shippensburg, A. D. 1758. After the war and a purchase had been made from the Indians in 1758, John Brady moved with his family to the west branch of the Susquehanna, where Samuel resided with him until June 1775, Capt. John Lowden, a widower, raised a company of volunteer riflemen, seventy in number, and all unmarried, and marched to Boston. Samuel Brady was one of this band, and the Captain intended that the should be an officer, but his father objected, saying, "let him first learn the duty of a soldier, and then he will know how to act as an officer." While the riflemen lay in the "Leaguer of Boston," frequent skirmishes took place. On one occasion, Lowden was ordered to select some able bodied men, and wade to an island, when the tide was out, and drive off some cattle belonging to the British. He was considered too young for this service, and left him out of the selection; but to his astonishment found Brady was the second man on the island and behaved most gallantly. On another occasion, he was sitting on a fence, with his Captain, viewing the British works, when a cannon ball struck the fence under them. Brady was first up, caught the Captain in his arms and raised him, saying with great composure, "we are not hurt Captain." Many like instances of his coolness happened while the army lay at Boston. In 1776, S. Brady was appointed a First Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Doyle's company, raised in Lancaster county. He continued with the army and was in all the principal engagements, until after the battle of Monmouth, when he was promoted to a Captaincy, and ordered to the west under Gen. Broadhead. On their march he had leave to visit his friends in Northumberland county. His father in 1776 had accepted a Captaincy in the 12th Pennsylvania regiment, was badly wounded at the battle of the Brandywine, and was then at home. Whilst there he heard of his brother's death, who had been murdered by the Indians on the 9th day of August, 1778. He remained at his father's until the beginning of 1779, when he started for Pittsburg and joined his regiment. Shortly after he had arrived at Pittsburg, he heard the news of his father being murdered by the Indians on the 11th day of April 1779. He then vowed vengeance against all Indians, and he never altered his mind. Here commences his western exploits, which must be the subject of another paper. At the battle of Princeton he was under Col. Hand of Lancaster, and had advanced too far; they were nearly surrounded. Brady cut a horse out of a team, got his Colonel on, jumped on behind him and made their escape. At the massacre at Paoli, Brady had been on guard, and had laid down with his blanket buckled round him. 1832.] LIFE OF CAPT. SAMUEL BRADY. tions of his country, he courted death and found it in The British were nearly on them before the sentinel fired. Brady had to run; he tried to get clear of his As he jumped a post and blanket coat, but could not. rail fence, a British soldier struck at him with his bayonet and pinned the blanket to the rail, but so near the Napoleon was brave, but his bravest acts were perHe dashed on, a horseman overedge that it tore out. took him and ordered him to stop. Brady wheeled, formed in the presence of embattled thousands: and He got into a small swamp when at the bridge of Lodi, he snatched the tri-colour shot him down and ran on. in a field. He knew of no person but one being in it from its terrified bearer, and uttering the war cry of his besides himself; but in the morning there were fifty- enthusiastic soldiers, "Vive la Republique," he breasted five, one of whom was a Lieutenant. They compared the fire of thirty pieces of Austrian cannon, and planted commissions; Brady's was the oldest: he took the com.it in the midst of his enemics; he was seen and followed by the gallant remains of the consular guard, and laudmand and marched them to head quarters. ed with the cries and tears of his whole army. No. II. In 1780 a small fort within the present limits of Pittsburg, was the head quarters of Gen. Broadhead; who was charged with the defence of this quarter of the frontier. The country north and west of the Allegheny river was in the possession of the Indians; for that river was not "the line between the Indians," as I am made to say in my first number by a misprint of the Record, but between the Indians and Whites. General Washington whose comprehensive sagacity foresaw and provided against all dangers that menaced the country, wrote to Gen. Broadhead to select a suitable officer and despatch him to Sandusky, for the purpose of examining the place and ascertaining the force of British and Indians assembled there, with a view to measures of preparation and defence, against the depredations and attacks to be expected from thence, General Broadhead had no hesitation in making the selection of an officer qualified for this difficult and dangerous duty. He sent for Capt. Brady, showed him Washington's letter, and a draft or map of the country he must traverse; very defective as Brady afterwards discovered, but the best no doubt, that could be obtained at that time. In constancy of purpose, in cool deliberate courage, the Captain of the Rangers will compare with the exHe was hundreds of miles in the amples quoted, or any other. Neither banner nor pennon waved over him. heart of an enemy's country. An enemy who, had they possessed it, would have given his weight in gold for the pleasure of burning him to death with a slow fire; adding to his torments both mental and physical, every ingredient that savage ingenuity could supply. Who has poetry of feeling, or feeling of poetry, but must pause over such a scene, and in imagination contemplate its features? The murmuring river; the Indian village wrapped in sleep; the sylvan landscape; as each was gazed upon by that lonely but dauntless warrior! in the still midnight hour. The next morning a dense fog spread over the hill and dale, town and river. All was hid from Brady's eyes, save the logs and brush around him. About 11 o'clock it cleared off, and afforded him a view of about three thousand Indians engaged in the amusement of the race ground. They had just returned from Virginia or Kentucky, One grey horse in particuwith some very fine horses. He won every race until near Captain Brady was not insensible to the danger, or ig-lar attracted his notice. norant of the difficulty of the enterprize. But he saw evening, when, as if envious of his speed, two riders the anxiety of the father of his country to procure in- were placed on him, and thus he was beaten. The formation that could only be obtained by this perilous starting post was only a few rods above where Brady mode; and knew its importance. His own danger was lay, and he had a pretty fair chance of enjoying the of inferior consideration. The appointment was ac- amusement, without the risk of losing any thing by cepted, and selecting a few soldiers, and four Chicka- betting on the race. saw Indians as guides, he crossed the Allegheny river and was at once in the enemy's country. He made such observation through the day as was in his power, waded out from the island at night, colIt was in May, 1780, that he commenced his march. lected his men, went to the Indian camp he had seen as The season was uncommonly wet. Every considerable he came out; the squaws were still there, took them pristream was swollen, neither road, bridge, or house fa-soners, and continued his march homeward. cilitated their march, or shielded their repose. Part of their provision was picked up by the way as they crept, rather than marched through the wilderness by night, and lay concealed in its brambles by day. The slightest trace of his movement, the print of a white man's foot on the sand of a river, might have occasioned the extermination of the party. Brady was versed in all the wiles of Indian "strategie," and, dressed in the full war dress of an Indian warrior, and well acquainted with their languages, he led his band in safety near to the Sandusky towns, without seeing a hostile Indian. The night before he reached Sandusky he saw a fire; approached it and found two squaws reposing beside it. He passed on without molesting them. But his Chickasaw's now deserted. This was alarming, for it was probable they had gone over to the enemy. However, he determined to proceed. With a full knowledge of the horrible death that awaited him if taken prisoner, he passed on, until he stood beside the town on the bank of the river. His first care was to provide a secure place of con- was brave, and in obedience to the institu- VOL. IX. The map furnished by Gen. Broadhead, was found to be defective. The distance was represented to be much less than it really was. The provisions and ammunition of the men were exhausted by the time they had reached the Big Beaver, on their return. Brady shot an otter, but could not eat it. The last load was in his rifle. They arrived at an old encampment, and found plenty of strawberries which they stopped to appease their hunger with. Having discovered a deer track, Brady at it. He had went but a few rods when he saw the followed it, telling the men he would perhaps get a shot deer standing broadside to him. He raised his rifle and attempted to fire, but it flashed in the pan; and he had After going a short not a priming of powder. He sat down, picked the touch hole, and then started on. distance the path made a bend, and he saw before him a large Indian on horseback, with a white child before and its mother behind him on the horse, and a number to shoot the Indian on horseback, but as he raised of warriors marching in the rear, His first impulse was the rifle he observed the child's head to roll with the motion of the horse. It was fast asleep, and tied to the Indian. He stepped behind the root of a tree and waitred until he could shoot the Indian, without danger to the child or its mother. My paper is full, I must resume the narrative in a future number. |