. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . e English could hold thesethree points. In 1764, Col. Bradstreet was sent with a force toreduce the Indians, Col. Putnam being in command of the troopsfrom Connecticut. Among the allies of the English on this ex-pedition were the old Indian chief who had captured Putnam, andJoseph Brant, the famous Mohawk chief, who was afterward tobecome odious to Americans during the Revolution, and then, 170 GENERAL ISRAEL tUTNAM. acting as peace-maker, disseminate Christian knowledge amonghis people. Putnams services on this expedition were better suited to his
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . e English could hold thesethree points. In 1764, Col. Bradstreet was sent with a force toreduce the Indians, Col. Putnam being in command of the troopsfrom Connecticut. Among the allies of the English on this ex-pedition were the old Indian chief who had captured Putnam, andJoseph Brant, the famous Mohawk chief, who was afterward tobecome odious to Americans during the Revolution, and then, 170 GENERAL ISRAEL tUTNAM. acting as peace-maker, disseminate Christian knowledge amonghis people. Putnams services on this expedition were better suited to hispresent rank than if they had been such as he was accustomed tojjerform, but they are scarcely of as much interest as when he leda few men into danger, and safely accomplished the task set. Thepart that he had acted in this war, from its beginning in 1755 tothe defeat of Pontiacs conspiracy in 1764, had been one of j^ecu-liar hardship and peril. Always in the van when charging theenemy, in the rear when a retreat was ordered, stationed among. PONTIAC S VISIT TO MAJOR GLADWIN. the outposts when the army was in camp, hidden in the woods orranging along the shores of the lake, his was never the safe andeasy part that such officers as G-en. Webb chose. His courage,his complete indifference to danger, his fruitfulness of resources,commanded the admiration of all. He laid aside his uniform, and returned to his farm. Ten yearsof military life, crowned by the recognition of the integrity,courage and patriotism which his promotions showed, had notimpaired the kindliness of his nature, nor inflated him with now that military honors were laid aside, the civic crown GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM. 171 awaited him, and to post after post of honor and trust the unitedvoice of his fellow-citizens called him, until he again unsheathedhis sword for his native land—not for its safety, hut for its liberty. In the meantime, Gen. Lyman had secured from the Englishgovernment a grant of land in th
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