. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. But, before hehad finished loading, a tall, powerful savage, who hadbeen foremost in the pursuit, appeared above. Know-ing that he had Brady in his power, he deliberatelyraised and aimed his rifle; but in a moment he let themuzzle fall, evidently hesitating to take so cowardlyan advantage. He raised it a second time, and a sec-ond time hesitated,—until finally, generous motivesprevailing over brutal instincts, he planted the stockon the ground, and expressed hi
. The back-woodsmen; or, Tales of the borders; a collection of historical and authentic accounts of early adventure among the Indians. But, before hehad finished loading, a tall, powerful savage, who hadbeen foremost in the pursuit, appeared above. Know-ing that he had Brady in his power, he deliberatelyraised and aimed his rifle; but in a moment he let themuzzle fall, evidently hesitating to take so cowardlyan advantage. He raised it a second time, and a sec-ond time hesitated,—until finally, generous motivesprevailing over brutal instincts, he planted the stockon the ground, and expressed his approval by exclaim-ing, in a loud voice and tolerable English: Bladymake good jump! Immediately after, he turnedround and ran away, while Brady coolly finished load-ing his piece, and then resumed his flight. Repairingto a place which had been appointed as the rendez-vous in case of separation, he found his three sur-viving companions. The party at once took up thehomeward march, and arrived soon afterward safelyat Pittsburgh. In this connection, the following tribute to thebravery and daring of Captain Brady, and the repu-. BRADYS JUMP. > CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY. 229 tation which he achieved by his remarkable perform-ances, written by a well-known local historian, may beof interest to our readers: Beaver Valley, he says, was the scene of manyof Captain Bradys stirring adventures. We haverecently visited some of the interesting localities, cele-brated as Bradys theater of action, and heard frommany of the old citizens their accounts of his thrillingexploits. They speak in unbounded terms of admira-tion of his daring and success; his many hair-breadthescapes by field and flood; and always concludedby declaring that he was a greater man than DanielBoone or Lewis Weitzel, either of whom, in the eyesof the old pioneers, was the very embodiment of dare-devilism. The following brief account of incidents in the lifeof Captain Brady, while scouting in the Beaver Val-ley, is by the
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