"I am sorry to see you ...

but I'm ready to submit myself to your orders." "No, no, I came only as a volunteer," replied Warren.

"Tell me where I can be most useful." Pointing to the redoubt, Putnam said, "You will be protected there." "I am not seeking a place of safety," rejoined Warren with warmth; "tell me where the onset will be most furious." "There," answered Putnam.

"That will be the enemy's object.

Prescott is there and will do his duty; if that can be defended, the day will be ours." The shouts of the soldiers announced to Putnam the arrival of Warren in their midst, and not long after another cheer proclaimed the arrival of an old friend and comrade of his, Colonel Seth Pomeroy, a veteran of the Indian wars, who, twenty years before, had succeeded to the command of Colonel Ephraim Williams's regiment at the battle of Lake George.