. New England; a human interest geographical reader. t Putman entered into Connecticut Places and People 205 an agreement with five of his neighbors to watch forand follow the wolf until she was killed. They began the pursuit immediately after a lightfall of snow at the opening of winter. Over the hillsthrough forest and swamp they went until the wolfentered a denin the a guardwas set, anda crowd ofmen and boysas semb ledwith dogs andguns, strawand fire wasmade in themouth of thecave, but the smoke and fumes escaped too readilyfrom the crevices to be effective. The hours p
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. t Putman entered into Connecticut Places and People 205 an agreement with five of his neighbors to watch forand follow the wolf until she was killed. They began the pursuit immediately after a lightfall of snow at the opening of winter. Over the hillsthrough forest and swamp they went until the wolfentered a denin the a guardwas set, anda crowd ofmen and boysas semb ledwith dogs andguns, strawand fire wasmade in themouth of thecave, but the smoke and fumes escaped too readilyfrom the crevices to be effective. The hours passed until nearly midnight, and thenPutnam announced that he would go into the caveto investigate. After fastening a rope to one of hislegs and ordering those outside to pull him forth whenhe signalled by kicking the rope, he took off his coat andvest, and, armed only with a torch, crawled in at theopening. He had advanced about twenty feet whenhe saw the glaring eyeballs of the wolf at the fartherend of the cavity, scarcely three yards distant. A. Satans Kingdom, a wild section in thewestern part of the state 2o6 New England hearty kick at the rope caused his friends to hastilypull him out, much to the detriment of his clothesand person. But he at once called for his gun, andback he went. As soon as he was near enough to seethe wolf distinctly he took aim and fired. The con-cussion and the smoke almost overpowered him, butthe crowd outside hauled him forth into the open air,where he quickly revived. Then for a third time heentered the cave. He found the wolf dead, seized her by the ears,kicked therope, and outhe was draggedwith the wolfin his wake. News of theBattle of Lex- „ 1 r. > 1 1 ington reached General Putnam s plough ° Putnam while he was ploughing in an outlying field, two miles from the village. When the mounted courier came along beating a drum at intervals and calling out the news to such persons as he saw, Old Put unhitched his oxen from the plough, and bad
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