Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-09
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torch TO make sure mat she was deaa.
then, grazplng her By the earr. $500
the rope and was drawn into ne -~en-
crowd.
Through the Wild woods the woif va
carried 70 house where she was rrs-
pended 10 beam and for several dayr
wolf jubilee was held.
This exploit showed Putnan1's love a
bold adventure This came character.
istic and his noble generosity stood OFT
in the rescue OF conurade sco,s. -
Crown Point a. the peril % his orr
life. He came out % the encouri4- viz
fourteen bullet holes In his Blanket
At Fort Edward where ali Others nrf.
he. alone. tough; back 4 IRE from
magazine In which were stored three
hundred barrels Of gun-porder protectcd
by only a thin partition. His face, handr.
and his whole body we're hiistered. n
removing the mittens from his hands re
skin was torn of with them.
In 175s q party Of Indians took hin
prisoner. bound him 70 stake. and made
ready 20 torturs him WITH fire. The
flames were all ready scorchinE his limbs.
when a French officer burst through thr
crowd and saved his life
The British offered him money ard
rank Of major general. z he would De-
sert the. American cause But he coul1
be daunted neither by toll nor danger
and bribed neither BY gold mr. honors
On the thirteenth Of MAY. f77s. -her
the news of the fSht at Coaccra and LEX
ington reached him. Israel LEFT he rio--
in the field. mounted his horse withouf
changing his working clothes. ard. ke---
ing the saddle for eighteen hours r0fs
TO Boston-over two hundred nee -
tant. At the age Of hfty-seYeu fhiz ms1
| was ready for service. on MAY e7tt =
| skirmish IN which Putnafi lct folt piac-
at Hog Island. northeast OF Busion N
the harbor Besides the sheer sn1 est
/ tie. which were the object ~ fte rad.
Il the English lost = sio5p a-i several
/ men. II was this exploit. which hrirsf
secure the rank given him be 'hc err
tinentsl army e few weeks 49,.
On that hot Saturday In J1ne. 1878.
while the battle was being waE7i 81
Bunker Hill. the continenfzl Congress
at Philadelphia appointed Gorge wash.
layton onmander-in-chief ~ the Amer
lean armies: two days iater. fsFsei Put
nam was given the tile q major ger
eral.
II was al Bunker Hi -shere Plins-,
gave So much aid " hslTfnr throw -
intrenchments. flashing ASK me @n--
regardless Of bullets. zrccur1-irr fff
men. and giving necesssry ai~i-s.
After the success st Boss-n. Genera
Washington lost no tine IN hurrviuz -hs
New England army 70 New Y1-iz wtsrf
General Putnam took comn'775 ur,ii ths
! arrival Of General NG5.t.nE.on.
In December. IT7e. alter r. h-irs VS.
Il TO his home. Genera. Pufrsnl was
about to Join the army r. winicr qr1--
ters at Mo--istoyn. \. J.. when be vas
stricken with PARALYSIS Tfnu-h unlhl-
to go into active ser-isa again BE- We
tied the army and was n carr wr=- IRE
plot OF Benedict AInoi4 - bay Wcs.
Point was discovered.
when peace zane. pu.nam u-otc -
General Washington. resoici7- 81 -
: success Of the cause Of hberty which
was so dear TO both.
On Nav 81. 1880. Putnam vas tnkfr
, | violently IN and died two DAYS later. Th'
dust of Putnam row rests in tfe fGgri.
alton Of the monument n B-1rklyu
, Conn. A VOLTS head ornaments eacf
: end of the stone
: Putnam has a deservedlv iion1rel ri7ci
= in American history Ffe WA=-s-r-e frar
!. the bold ranger or the bra7c firt-s-
he was. as was said At HIS fare~1l ser
! vices. the true man" He Il 2 hero q
:. national fame. Notwithsts \ ling ~. fac
I. that his name is omitted sr9ai NAM o
= the school histories. Israel suirau wiz
- live in real history as long a. ire heroe
Of antiquity.