hies all lay with the other
bird.

Crusoe went forward at a bound, and was met by a peck between the eyes
that would have turned most dogs, but Crusoe only winked, and the next
moment the eagle's career was ended.

Dick found that the turkey-cock was quite blind, the eagle having thrust
out both its eyes, so, in mercy, he put an end to its sufferings.

The fight had evidently been a long and severe one for the grass all
round the spot, for about twenty yards, was beaten to the ground, and
covered with the blood and feathers of the fierce combatants.

Meditating on the fight which he had just witnessed, Dick returned
towards the spot where he had left Charlie, when he suddenly missed
Crusoe from his side.

"Hallo, Crusoe! here, pup, where are you?" he cried.

The only answer to this was a sharp whizzing sound, and an arrow,
passing close to his ear, quivered in a tree beyond. Almost at the same
moment Crusoe's angry roar was followed by a shriek from some one in
fear or agony. Cocking his rifle, the young hunter sprang through the
bushes towards his horse, and was just in time to save a Banattee Indian
from being strangled by the dog. It had evidently scented out this
fellow, and pinned him just as he was in the act of springing on the
back of Charlie, for the halter was cut, and the savage lay on the
ground close beside him.

Dick called off the dog, and motioned to the Indian to rise, which he
did so nimbly that it was quite evident he had sustained no injury
beyond the laceration of his neck by Crusoe's teeth, and the surprise.

He was a tall strong Indian, for the tribe to which he belonged, so Dick
proceeded to secure him at once. Pointing to his rifle and to the
Indian's breast, to show what he might expect if he attempted to escape,
Dick ordered Crusoe to keep him steady in that position.

The dog planted himself in front of the savage, who began to tremble for
his scalp, and gazed up in his face with a look which, to say the least
of it, was the reverse of amiable, while Dick went towards his horse for
the purpose of procuring a piece of cord to tie him with. The Indian
naturally turned his head to see what was going to be done, but a
peculiar _gurgle_ in Crusoe's throat made him turn it round again very
smartly, and he did not venture, thereafter, to move a muscle.

In a few seconds Dick returned with a piece of leather and tied his
hands behind his back. While this was being done the Indian gla