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Show Stories of 5 Great Scouts wL I Western Newspaper Union. CAPTAIN SAM BRADY AND HIS , FAMOUS LEAP J CapL Sam Brady was a member of ; -a fighting family which mnde hlstiyry j ea the Pennsylvania border during the ' Indian wars after the Revolution. Captain Brady's greatest exploit toot place In Ohio. lie hod been captured 1 by the Indians a$d carried to the San ! dusky Towns, lieadquartcra for all the , -Ohio tribes, where the savages pro- pared to burn him at the stake. Be wns stripped, bound to a pout and slo 11 res kindled around him, for .. Rj -rV ibe Indlons hated him so much that i t they wished to torturo him as long as possible. Brady was a powerful man andne strained at his fetters jintll they were , loosened slightly. Then with a final effort he snapped the last bond, leaped across the barrier of . flarao und, seizing a squaw, pitched i her Into the fire. . . Before the Indians could recover from Uielr surprise, the scout escaped from the vlUnge and plunged Into the woods, hotly pursued by hundreds of sevnges. Finally he came to the ) Cuyahoga rUer, near the present slto . of Kent lu Portage county,. ' At this place the river flowed be- '. tween steep, rocky banks, 22 feet across from side to side. The scout was trnppcd. There" was no other placo for miles up nnd down the river where, ho could ford it The Indians were' closing In on him and his only chance of escape was to try to leap across the ', . chasm. f Brady could hear tho savages yell ing In the woods only a short distance away as he ran back toward them to get n good start. Then turning, he sped for the brink nnd putting all his falling strength Into a final spurt, he I, sprang for the opposite cliff. His lump was a little short nnd he struck ' the bank a few feet below the edge. i " The Indians stopped In amazement, then as the scout scrambled up over , the edge, they opened fire. They wounded him In the leg, delaying delay-ing his lllght, nnd In a short time were , on his heels again. He came to a lake and plunged In. Stooping beneath the ' broad pads of a water Illy, he breathed ' through n hollow reed while the sav- ages hunted In vain on the shores of J the lake. They found his bloody trail ) . to the water's edge and, believing that he had drowned rather than be cap- : tured again, gave up the chane. I Soon afterward Brady reached Fort I Pitt In safety. He had many more 1 thrilling adventures before his death i on Christmas day, 1705, but his 22-foot Ij . leap across the Cayahoga was the J greatest feat of all. |