To: NYer; Marcella
He was shot in the face, bayoneted thirteen times, and left for dead in a pool of blood. He was found alive, trying to load his musket to fight again. He was taken to Dr. Cotton Tufts of Medford, who perceived no hope for his survival. However, Whittemore lived another 18 years until dying of natural causes at the age of 98.A role model I can look up to.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Ditto.
I’ve always been impressed by his courage.
13 posted on
08/13/2013 3:56:16 PM PDT by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: JRandomFreeper
Interestingly, he was English, and didn’t even arrive in the colonies until he was already in his 50s as a Captain of Dragoons.
To: JRandomFreeper
“A role model I can look up to.”
I think Whittemore’s fortitude to live was like yours when you fell off the mountain - neither of you gave up.
In the time of Whittemore, I’m surprised he didn’t die from infection from so many wounds.
42 posted on
08/13/2013 5:32:03 PM PDT by
Marcella
((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
To: JRandomFreeper
71 posted on
08/14/2013 6:57:21 AM PDT by
tomkat
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