text: As a young man, this person crawled into a cave with a rope tied about his legs in a successful effort to kill what was supposedly the last wolf in Connecticut.
full_question: As a young man, this person crawled into a cave with a rope tied about his legs in a successful effort to kill what was supposedly the last wolf in Connecticut. He saw his first military action at the Battle of Lake George and, after being captured by Caughnawaga Indians while serving with Rogers Rangers near Crown Point, he narrowly escaped being roasted alive. He was tricked into withdrawing by Henry Clinton at the so-called Battle of the Clintons, an action which put him before a Congressional Court of Inquiry. He was second-in-command to Artemas Ward in the Army of Observation, and along with Ward, Philip Schuyler and Charles Lee, was one of four major generals appointed by the Continental Congress in 1775. This man, who retreated at the Battle of Long Island, allegedly gave William Prescott the order to inform his troops "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." For 10 points, name this Revolutionary War general, the ranking officer at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
first_sentence: As a young man, this person crawled into a cave with a rope tied about his legs in a successful effort to kill what was supposedly the last wolf in Connecticut.
raw_answer: Israel Putnam