Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
en theIndian boy Wau-kewa was huntingalong the moun-tain-side, he founda young eagle witha broken wing, ly-ing at the base ofa cliff. The birdhad fallen from anaery on a ledgehigh above, andbeing too youngto fly, had fluttereddown the cliff andinjured itself so se-verely that it waslikely to die.… … a gentler impulse came to him as he saw theyoung bird quivering with pain and fright at hisfeet, and he slowly unbent his bow, put the ar-row in his quiver, and stooped over the pantingeaglet. For fully a minute the wild eyes of thewounded bird and the eyes of the Indian boy,growing gentler and…
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