s mark upon the map.

He came of fighting Irish stock. He was born in Shippensburgh,
Pennsylvania, in 1756, during the French and Indian War. His father,
John Brady, was out upon the battle trail at the time.

When he was nineteen, or in 1775, he joined the volunteers from
Pennsylvania, to march for Boston. The War of the Revolution was just
bursting into flame, and he intended to be in the thick of it. The
next year, 1776, his father and his younger brother, James, enlisted
with the Pennsylvania troops, also to fight for liberty.

The men of the Brady family did well. Father Brady was appointed a
captain; James Brady was wounded at the battle of Brandywine, soon
after he had enlisted, and had to quit for a time; Sam was appointed a
first lieutenant when he was twenty, and became captain.

Then, in 1778 his brother James was killed by a band of Senecas under
Chiefs Bald Eagle and Corn Planter. He fought bravely, single-handed,
against them all. They tomahawked him five times in the head, and
scalped him, but he crawled to safety and even used a rifle. That was
the Brady way. He told the story, and died.

In the nest year, 1779, old Captain John Brady, the father, was
ambushed and murdered, by other Indians. Captain Samuel Brady had
vowed vengeance for his brother James; now he vowed vengeance also for
his father; he swore never to suffer torture, but to kill right and
left, and henceforth, as the chronicles say, he "made Indian killing
his business."

When he had the opportunity to be captain of spies against the Indians,
he accepted gladly. This was in 1780, and by orders of General
Washington.

The Indians of the upper country, above Pittsburgh, or Fort Pitt, were
threatening trouble. General Washington decided to reconnoiter them.
He directed Colonel Daniel Brodhead, commanding at Fort Pitt, to send
out scouts, locate the Indians and count them. Colonel Brodhead well
knew that for this kind of a job there was no better man than Captain
Samuel Brady; and Captain Brady went.

[Illustration: The renowned Captain Brady of Pennsylvania. (From an
Old Print)]

He took with him John Williamson, Martin Wetzel, and several
Chickasaws. The three whites dressed as Indians, in paint and
feathers. Captain Samuel spoke the Wyandot tongue. They set their
trail for the great Wyandot Huron town of Upper Sandusky, in north
central Ohio.

This was the heart of the Indian country. The sound of a white man's