Show merican e rican adventurers by amo scott old put r americans think of israel IVI MOST anam putnam as the new england hero of two thrilling escapes one was during the french and indian war when a providential rainstorm put out the 11 fire re which the savages had kindled to torture him the other was during the revolution when he avoided capture by the british by riding his horse at breakneck speed down a long flight ot of stone steps but these were only a few ot of old puts adventures during his busy life he saw action on many fronts from montreal in the north to havana in the south and from boston in the east to detroit in the west they began in 1755 when he served under sir william johnson against the french they continued when he enrolled in rogers rangers in 1758 was captured by the indians sent to canada as a prisoner and freed by exchange the next year then he accompanied a british naval expedition against frances allies the spanish in cuba where he was in the thick of the fight when the english stormed morro castle he had hardly returned home when pontiacs Ponti acs war broke out in 1763 and he accompanied colonel bradstreet on the expedition to raise the indian siege of detroit in 1772 he was a member of the company of military adventurers who visited the lower mississippi and west florida to look over lands promised the colonials who had served in the french and indian war nothing came came of this so putnam returned home in time to become one of the heroes of the of bunker hill navajo bill PHE HE Nava joes were holding a fire dance white trien men were not welcome at this important cenemo ceremonial nial so there were hostile mutterings rings among the young braves when they saw a paleface pale face looking on suddenly a young buck his face distorted with a frenzy of hate dashed out of the circle of dancers and brandishing a long knife bounded toward the white man but before he had time to strike a lariat shot out from a group of indians near by settled over the young braves shoulders and jerked him to the ground where he was soon trussed up so tight that he could not move the lariat had been thrown by the great chief manuelito and he had thus saved the life of his good friend dr W N wallace otherwise known as navajo bill wallace served in an indi indiana ana regiment in the civil war then went west he landed in portland ore where he became a doctor and practiced his profession until tuberculosis forced him to go to arizona there he became acquainted with the navajas Nava joes jes one day a little indian girl fell into a campfire and was badly burned the skill of the white medicine man saved her from becoming a cripple and from that time on his position among the Nava joes was secure they adopted him into the tribe gave him a navajo name and he became a close friend of the great manuelito Manuell to it was that friendship which saved his life at the fire dance 0 western newspaper union |