The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-28

The writer once had an encounter of this lat
ter kind. aaj il was. in is results, some
what Of sn adventure, We shall record it
When about eighteen years old, spending
some time IN the vicini-z Of one of the great
lakes. one fine Nav morning we went with a
companion down 70 the shore where fisher
man had put up a shau,y. and with his wife
and an iafan- chill had taken up their sum
mer residence. On our way down, and
about hundred rods from the water, in the
topmost branches of an enormous oak. we
SpIed an eagles nest, and as the old eagles
were wheeling abautIt, We concluded that the
nest had either eggs or young within it, and
which Of the two We soon determined TO ascer-
tain. As eur companion was a middle aged
man, and had no special taste for climbing
the adventure was left for me alone. The
tree on which the nest was built Lad no limbs
Tor thirty feet or more from the ground. but
fortunately, a small tree nearit had been feled,
and lis top lod red midway up among the
branches OF the oak Ascending the fallen
tree. | soon reached the oak, aud catching
the huge limbs above me. swung up one
after another, until | stood on one few feet
beneath the trio of branches on which the
nest Law During my ascent. one Of the ca
gIes, with vociterous cries. often wheeled
within dozen feet of my head: but like other
Youngsters, as | bad AT The time quite much
courage aS prudence, | stood III little fear OF an
attack. Well posted on a strong limb, with a
near branch 10 hold on by | looked into the
nest. L was built Of strong. heavy sticks.
laid crosswise, perhaps two feet in thickness
from bottom TO top. and four or five feet wide
on the surface, covered with long, dry grass
and leaves, About midway on the nest lay
two young eagles. one somewhat larger than
the other. about the size of halt grown gos-
Il tla / i.,fI
in color and appearance. Close BY them lav
two or three dead fish, half covered with blue
bottle flies, and giving off intolerable
stencil With Il stick which drew out Of the
lower part of the nest, | tried 10 poke one of
the Young towards ne; bat they turned up
their claws in defiance, with a sort of hiss, and
al. .ei further away. During this time one of
thg old eagles bad left the premises altogether,
while Jhe other sill kept wheeling aud diving
around, but approached no nearer than with
IN few feet ol me, as before. After awhile
my continued T5king al the young ones so
cXasperatcd ono Of them. that lie seized my
stick So firmly with his claws that drew him
within reach. Determined to hold divided
empire with the old eagles in the possession of
their young, the next process was to get the
bird 10 the ground without damage, as | had
10 sack or basket in which 10 deposit and let
him safely down; but, like other youngsters
who are seldom al a loss for exp-dients in Z
mischief, plan was soon invented. Taking
of my hat. coat and yest, and laying them on
the adjacent limb. my shirt was rapidly drawn
over my head, the sleeves tied together al the
wristbands, and thrown over my neck, the
skirts bound inlo a knot, thus making sack
and the open collar and bosom forming It's
mouth. In'o this con anerc receptacle, our
ballicose .Iounr America was rapidly
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flushed with vie.9ry, made a rapid descent
down the tree. No triumphant plunderer ever
felt prouder Of his trophy than /, and like the
Killed Highlander in Rob Roy, | could sing:
The cage h wa lord above.
Ani He5 wa- lorl OF all below
took the eagle down to the fsherman's
hut, and after spending an hour or two, be-
gan to consider wha: % 20 with the young
rutfian | had 50 wantouly caught. for | had
neither a suitable place nor provisions on
which 10 keep him. and wisely concluding
that tie second, ii not the better part Of ralor
was discretion, | gave him 10 the owner of the
hut for his own pascime.
1 saw no more Of the eagle for some weeks,
when / gain yisi cd The fisherman, and found
the young. tawny- looking Thing an enormous
bird lounsing about the door. and grown
stout and sauey from generous treatment and
the fish garbage on whch he had been pro-
fusely led.
Tie aext report heard from the young saw
age, 4 few weeks after, was near being tragic
one. Tie wife Of Tie fisherman having occa-
sicn one daY 10 20 10 the shore few rods dis
tant, after bucket Of water. willie there she
heard a scream from Her child, which n her
caution she Ia placel upon The bed when She
left the room. Rushing back, Size found the
child PROSTATE on the floor screaming in ter
ro- and agonv the eagle on lis breast, with
one claw iranstixed into iJs face, and the other
A. she approached, turned up, with open
beak, in defiance at the mothers approach
With the quick energy Of woman in extrem-
ity. she struck the eagle off with her foot and
caught up the child. lis face badly cut and
bleeding, and deposited it at once in a place
Of safety This done, an lay a. the door,
and tLaE eagle died, probably sudden a
death ever malefactoT did on execution Of
any sort whatever. The little sufferer, after a
few weeks careful attention, recovered Of its
wound. but with a lasting scar on its temple
Tha. was the first and last Of the race that
We ever attempted to tame. and long will the
bald re tower" over our homestead in his
pride of place." ere we shall seek to disturb
his authority.
The quiz Of the bald eagle Is peculiarly hard
and eiasslc- and 10 those VINO prefer quill TO
a metal pen, ike ourselves, We commend their
use wien they can be obtained. We have
long used them.
Ia When DR.. Rush was young man.
he was invited TO dine in company with Rob
ert Morris. Esq. man celebrated for the part
he took in the American Revolution. Il 50 !
happened that the company had waited some
time for Mr. Morris, who. on his appearance.
apoligized for OBTAINING them- BY saying that
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