Is anything watching us among the leaves near by, Tayoga ?" "A huge bald-headed eagle, Great Bear, is sitting on a bough in the center of a mass of green leaves.

He is looking at us, and while he is full of curiosity and some admiration he fears and hates us more." "What is he saying to himself, Tayoga ?" "You can read his words to himself by the look in his eyes.

He is saying that he does not like our appearance, that we are too large, that we have created here something hot and flaming, that we behave with too much assurance, going about just as if the forest was ours, and paying no attention to its rightful owners." "He has got a grievance, and perhaps it's a just one," laughed Robert.
"No, it is not," said Tayoga, "because there is plenty of room in the forest for him and for us, too.

I can read his eyes quite well.

There is much malice and anger in his heart, and I will give him some cause for rage." He picked up a live coal between the ends of two sticks, and holding it firmly in that manner, walked a little distance among the trees.