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warriors, from the falls of the Cuyahoga and the adjacent country, had 

 made an inroad on the south side of the Ohio River, in the lower part of 

 what is now Washington County, but which was then known as the settle- 

 ment of Catfish Camp,' after an old Indian of that name, who lived there 

 when the whites first came into the country on the Monongahela River. 

 This party had murdered several families, and, with the ' plunder,' had 

 recrossed the Ohio before effectual pursuit could be made. By Brady a 

 party was directly summoned of his chosen followers, who hastened on 

 after them; but the Indians, having one or two days the start, he could 

 not overtake them in time to arrest their return to their villages. Near the 

 spot where the town of Ravenna now stands, the Indians separated into two 

 parties, one of which went to the north, and the other west, to the falls 

 of the Cuyahoga. Brady's men also divided : a part pursued the northern 

 trail, and a part went with their commander to the Indian village, lying on 

 the river in the present township of Northampton, in Portage County. 

 Although Brady made his approaches with the utmost caution, the Indians, 

 expecting a pursuit, were on the look out, and ready to receive him with 

 numbers four-fold to those of Brady's party, whose only safety was in a 

 hasty retreat, which, from the ardour of the pursuit, soon became a perfect 

 flight. Brady directed his men to separate, and each one to take care of 

 himself; but the Indians, knowing Brad}', and having a most inveterate 

 hatred and dread of him, from the numerous chastisements which he had 

 inflicted on them, left all the others, and, with united strength, pursued 

 him alone. The Cuyahoga here makes a wide bend to the south, includ- 

 ing a large tract of several miles of surface, in the form of a peninsula : 

 within this tract the pursuit was hotly contested. The Indians, by extend- 

 ing their line to the right and left, forced him on to the bank of the stream. 

 Having, in peaceable times, often hunted over this ground with the In- 

 dians, and knowing every turn of the Cuyahoga as familiarly as the villager 

 knows the streets of his own hamlet, Brady directed his course to the 

 river, at a spot where the whole stream is compressed, by the rocky cliffs, 

 into a narrow channel of only 22 ft. across the top of the chasm, although 

 it is considerably wider beneath, near the water, and in height more than 

 twice that number of feet above the current. Through this pass the 

 water rushes like a race-horse, chafing and roaring at the confinement of 

 its current by the rocky channel, while, a short distance above, the stream 

 is at least 50 yards wide. As he approached the chasm, Brady, knowing 

 that life or death was in the effort, concentrated his mighty powers, and 

 leaped the stream at a single bound. It so happened that, in the opposite 

 cliff, the leap was favoured by a low place, into which he dropped, and, 

 grasping the bushes, he thus helped himself to ascend to the top of the 

 cliff. The Indians, for a few moments, were lost in wonder and admira- 

 tion ; and, before they had recovered their recollection, he was half-way 

 up the side of the opposite hill, but still within reach of their rifles. They 

 could easily have shot him at any moment before; but, being bent on 

 taking him alive, for torture, and to glut their long delayed revenge, they 

 forbore the use of the rifle: but now, seeing him likely to escape, they all 

 fired upon him : one bullet wounded him severely in the hip, but not so 

 badly as to prevent his progress. The Indians having to make a con- 

 siderable circuit before they could cross the stream, Brady advanced a 

 wood distance ahead. His limb was growing stiff" from the wound, and, as 

 the Indians gained on him, he made for the pond which- now bears his 

 name, and plunging in, swam under water a considerable distance, and 

 came up under the trunk of a large oak, which had fallen into the pond. 

 This although leaving only a small breathing place to support life, still 

 completely sheltered him from their sight. The Indians, tracing him by 

 the blood to the water, made diligent search all round the pond, but, 

 finding no signs of his exit, finally came to the conclusion that he had 



