. Indian history for young folks . PUTNAM SAVING FORT EDWARD. ROGKRSS RANGERS. 259 friend, hastened to the spot, and with the butt end of his piece laid theFrenchman dead at his feet. Speedily rejoining their party, they madegood their retreat. Putnam was present at the siege of Montreal, in 1760, at the captureof Havana, in 1762, and in 176-i was a colonel in Bradstreets expeditionagainst the western Indians. His military reputation was of great serviceto the patriot cause at the outset of the Revolution, inspiring his country-men with the confidence they so much needed to enable them to conf
. Indian history for young folks . PUTNAM SAVING FORT EDWARD. ROGKRSS RANGERS. 259 friend, hastened to the spot, and with the butt end of his piece laid theFrenchman dead at his feet. Speedily rejoining their party, they madegood their retreat. Putnam was present at the siege of Montreal, in 1760, at the captureof Havana, in 1762, and in 176-i was a colonel in Bradstreets expeditionagainst the western Indians. His military reputation was of great serviceto the patriot cause at the outset of the Revolution, inspiring his country-men with the confidence they so much needed to enable them to confrontthe great military power they were then CROWN POINT. He was a conspicuous figure at the siege of Boston, and at BunkeiHill seems to have exercised, at the redoubt, the breastwork, the rail-fence,and in the retreat, all the functions of a commanding officer. While com-manding at the Highlands of New York he made the judicious selectionof West Point as the site of a fortress. While posted at Reading, Con-necticut, in 1778, with only a picket-guard, he was suddenly attacked bythe British troops, and escaped by plunging down a precipice where thedragoons in pursuit of him dared not follow. One of their bullets havingpierced his hat, Tryon, their commander, by way of compensation, senthim soon afterwards a complete suit of clothes. He had an attack ofparalysis in the fall of 1779, and died at Brooklyn, Connecticut, May 29,1790. Putnam was a good executive officer, but was more brave than 200 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG i^OLKS. prudent. Though wanting in dignity, lie possessed a large share of thosenobler attributes, humanity and ge
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