cough. It was readily seen that but a 

 few weeks at most were left for him to 

 live. The young Indian girl did all in 

 her power to make him comfortable and 

 happy and to restore him to health. She 

 was so much in love with him that she 

 wanted him to marry her. He would not 

 consent to this, but gave her to under- 

 stand that when he got well he would 

 make her his wife. After a few weeks 

 the young man died and was buried 

 among the groves of the noble chiefs of 

 the great Indian tribe. Great mourning 

 ceremonies were held, the young Indian 

 girl refusing to be comforted, because 

 she had lost her white lover. 



Months rolled by and the grave of the 

 white man was often visited by the 



young braves and maidens of the tribe. 

 During the following August a party of 

 young Indians, among them the girl who 

 had earnestly hoped to some time be the 

 wife of the soldier, visited the burial 

 place and found there growing upon the 

 grave of the young white man a strange 

 white flower. So white and fair did it 

 appear that it looked as though it would 

 melt if touched by human hands. It was 

 the beautiful flower which we know as 

 Indian Pipe, but the young Indians 

 called it Ghost-flower, as they believed it 

 represented the soul of the young white 

 man whom they had buried there a few 

 months before. Ever after that it was 

 known among the Indian tribes as the 

 Ghost-flower. 



C.'H. Woodward. 



THE BALD EAGLE. 



{Haliceetus leucocephalus.) 



High soars a patriarchal oak, 

 Its umbrage scath'd by lightning-stroke, 

 Upon whose topmost bough doth dwell 

 An Eagle, monarch; of the dell, 

 Overlooking from his eyrie grand, 

 The wide expanse of forest land; 

 Now rising high in air to sweep 

 In circling rings the upper deep, 

 Now pois'd and balanc'd in mid-space, 

 As resting from his airy chase ; 

 Now sweeping downward on its way 

 As pirate bark sweeps on its prey. 



— Isaac McLellan, "Ruffed Grouse 



Partridge." 



Among the birds of prey none are so 

 well known to the general run of people 

 as is this conspicuously marked Eagle. 

 Its white or grayish white head and tail 

 stand out in great contrast to its rich 

 brown body and wings, thus rendering it 

 a conspicuous object. The fact that its 

 picture may be seen on our gold and sil- 

 ver money and that it forms a part of the 

 coat-of-arms of our country has made 

 this white headed Eagle known to every 

 American citizen. 



The Bald Eagle, also known as White- 

 headed Eagle, Gray Eagle, and Sea 

 Eagle, may be found throughout the 

 entire American continent, from Alaska 

 to Mexico and from the Atlantic to the 



Pacific Ocean ; it also lives in the north- 

 eastern part of Siberia, and it is said to 

 occur along the shores of the Arctic 

 Ocean as a summer resident, although 

 it is a resident throughout the year in 

 Alaska. It breeds locally throughout its 

 range, the nest being a very rude struc- 

 ture consisting of a mass of sticks and 

 rubbish five or six feet in diameter and 

 a yard or more in thickness. The favor- 

 ite nesting place is in a large, tall tree, out 

 of reach of enemies, but occasionally, and 

 in some localities, as along the sea shore, 

 the nest is usually placed on a project- 

 ing ledge of rock at a considerable height 

 above the ground. Unlike some of the 

 predaceotts birds, such as the osprey, the 



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