But thus were tutored those wonderful shots who did such execution at Bunker's Hill; these, the hunter-soldiers, whom Putnam bade wait till the white of the enemy's eye was seen.
With the result of his hunting he purchased a hundred acres of land, further down the river, toward the more settled parts; built himself a log hut, and in two summers, with his own hands, cleared thirty acres for sowing.

In the winter seasons he hunted and trapped.

At the end of the two years, he sold back his land--now much improved--to the original owner, at an advance of fifty pounds.

He conveyed his cash and furs to Charlestown, on the Connecticut (sometimes called No.

4), where he trafficked them away for Indian blankets, pigments, and other showy articles adapted to the business of a trader among savages.