New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-10

| % nc and said. Thank Cod they are all rlsht.
We afterward ascertained by calling down ~ Cnt
mon that the falling horse had passed ohS @GOr
| ten feet In front OF tne emu Va VI"
'hSy we nf the men said We thought old Setsn
| Another one said that they all very piainis ''
the wind" of the falling horse -. tho ,vindlass
ookinc down from the railing by the wi ,
could see black sPotg stream We could see
notbing of the dog We called down 10 tne nlen
three hundred feet below they said the horse T ME-
dnn iSoanemeS to show some motion at times;
As the horse was in place that could he' Nc
reached except by tramp OF nVe a NM mebt be
made. Van left ten dollars to be given 10 any DIV pne
among the workmen who would bring OUT nl s+ o, -
die and saddle and SenE the@ 70 was Also to bring
out the dog, if he was not hurt peSono nope u
recovery. , ,,lo tho next
aI ssScended into the canon found the dog with
bjs back and both hind legs broken. Inc Poo5
brute had dragged s;d hlm Sebicb he law law lie
yreeted the workman with glad barks. IN oIuen
10 give the dog last qualification the man gave
him all the water he co9id urlliN' anu V"'A
a bullet through his head
Tho windlass and railing of which have spoken
were on platform Of timoers OF iaree Si@e .b or,
about seventy-ive feet in length Inc an civ
were a dozen logs-had been pushed on! nVe oi Oh
foot over the brink of the preciplce, whle tIe III III
shore" ends anchored far PACK non Nvb eno
hank and weighted with cGlDe Vi
we had been shown this place. we could In Safely
stand and look down into the chssn. 49,, Tho
As we were about starting for nome oHe
mon ~ the 8ume camp told us that about n lnle
n aIe half down the river to be seen the nest
~ a nair OF eagles in which were Two eagle1e.
They said might return that way anu s o The
nest which was on a scrub cedar growing OH thc
veyge of The precipce, and projecting over tle
But" said the man, I'VE do not feel id alT %ep
Of your carrying of our pets. The nesu i o s.
a mart Of the canon that is about one thous3hu ~
deem and out on the branches of a nearly no Iio
2ontal tree Not man in the State has me nerVS
to climb out along the trunk Oh tha' ceU"' "''N
bring in the young eagles! H., ,os+ IN
We concluded to ride by the eagles nest Id
returning, as it was not OUT OF our way l tia +alk
was Of the eagles " Evidently no one WORDING on
the fume dare try to get the young eagles sSr rr
Van. who had made bargain win one VI Jul
Marty to 20 home on foot and let him rae. i,o
So much talk was made about the feat OF golm a
after the eagles that / at last SAID thao w~H
mot afraid 10 90 out after them. baq gaztu uomn
into the canon SO long from the windlaSs Patl0rla
that imagined l had cured myself OIL GIea ga VI
mere depth and had gained suGh coI Inu ID not
hego Sna1 inf" The canon would follow the
rue of the rope-dancers. and see notmng ouC "le
trunk Of the tree and the eae etsd Two or three
were ready 10 put up fifty dollars 10 nIuS cenIS'
and as many more one hundred doiarS 10 onc
dollar that | would not dare 60 out aiter Cc
,.onng eagles | said | would consider the bets
when 7 had seen the situation OF the nest.
When we came TO the nest it was seen at glance
that il could not possibly have been so placed as
TO be more difficult of access. Inc cedar grew Oh
the very brink of the precpce rooted In large
cleft that contained some soil. 1t was only aDouu
eight inches in diameter. and EXTENDED almost HQaI
zontally from the brow of the pTeclplcc, WhlcH l
was vertical Out about ten feet the tree pun
forth several branches. which spread out IKE
fan. The boughs of the tree formed a Sol a, %
platform on which was the nest and the young
aagles with naneht below for distance of a
thousand feet more substantial than thin air.
The eaglets seemed to be pretty well feathered
and after a critical examination Of them ana the
"tU +ior told nv companions | would FAKE oil
their bets and 20 out after ~ Dlrds, puG wpuIu
not agree TO bring them ill, assthey mighC perh"p'
"' Ali held to their offers.
stripped to shirt and drawers Then even
such as before had been douoters began 10 9eueVe
| me in earnest. Bob Paxton, brother BucKeye,
earnestly labored to dissuade me from the under
| taking He had real brotherly regard for me, not
alone on that occasion, but 10 the last day OF his
life Poor Bob his bones lie now III the lahu oI
'''' An eagle that had been wheeling about at a
| heipht of some hundreds Of feet above us-prOD-
ably the mother bird-began TO grow nhTsS al
several shrill sbrieks it crced above our heads
It's cry was presently answered, and we saw com
ing from the north, as from the top OF the great
pine-clad mountain on the opposite side OF Une
| river toward Eureka. the mate that had Deen
called The two shrlekng BIRDS s%39pcu aooGI
they would surely attack me il l ven1nred our
their young He made me 9eiG 10 % my F Sqe
carried, and which he informed me would cut
The betting of my big knife completed my
preparations for the perilOus adventure. MY de-
termination was TO see nothing except the tree
and the eaglets. BY perssting IN that though'
| should easily succeed in the venture HAD the
tree been out on level ground any one Of our
PARTY could have climbed out to the nest III
three minutes All ! had to do was TO keep OUT
of my head the awful space below. might LOOK
lot 4 lsofI IN fO
was barefoot and stripped to undersbirt and
drawers A silk handkerchief was bound tightly
around my head. Amid silence that was almost
breathless l advanced to the verge Of the clh
and dropping 10 the ground orawled astride thC
trunk of the little projecting CEDAR | fixed my
eyes on the young eagles and would see nfhin2
: If was only ten feet out to the nest. Soon
was out to where the branches put forth from
the trunk. and spreading fan-lke formed the plat
form ON which was the nest. / could almas
reach it, The old eagles screamed nearer anC
nearer. and ! could hear the whistling of th
feathers in their wings as they swooped TO an'
fro above my head
The Young eagles soon became alarmed. The!
t reared up spread their wings and opened thel
great mouths began to make Kissing noise. IN
T appeared 70 enfaGe the parent birds. and on
Of them came so low as To brush my head.
: Thus far had not yentured to look up towar'
. the old birds. Seated astride a pole only elgn
= inches i'm diameter / was not in n position Z
! look aloft Let any make the experiment L
+ q safe place on level ground. and he will ct one
discover that II Is ullnculU 10 retdH Ills D"ldhOc
n to escape topping over.
S After being touched by one Of the old birds
attention to them, or l would be struck on III
e head and knocked off my slender perch, Reach
r ing ont with my left hand TO where the INN
Y put forth, I grasped one that was about tw
e inches in diameter. Thus anchored was q
n liberty to make some use Of my. right hand
must finish the fight with the old eagles befor
d touching the young ones
c Drawing nv bowie knife held it above m
/ head and when next one of the old birds swoope
d down at me | struck it somewhere on the body
cutting out little shower OF small FEATHERS
d motion of my arm frightened the young eagles
c Both hoped out of the nest and went, hutterin
5 downward and away. Down, down they wen
D. their wings but half supporting them in a feeb
n flight that carried them toward the opposite SID
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