ime. Then stopping, he looked around once more.
Again all was glistening white, dazzling his eyes so much that he could
see nothing. He knew now that he was snowblind, and felt very sad
indeed, for how could he get the news to the hunters in time to save
the sick ones, when he could not find the river and his canoe? If only
there was something to guide him,--some dark object that he could see;
but everything was a dazzling whiteness.

Just then he noticed a little, brown object in front of him. As he
looked at it, it hopped a few steps ahead and then stopped.

"Oh, Brother Rabbit," called Wesakchak, "I am so glad to see you. I
cannot find the river and I want to get back and tell the hunters where
the game is living."

"Let me guide you," said the rabbit. "Keep watching me, and you can
see my dark fur against the white snow."

As he said this he hopped away, and Wesakchak, looking only at the
little, dark body, was able to follow, till at last they reached the
bank of the river. The canoe was there, and Wesakchak stepped in at
once, glad that he would now be able to carry the good news to the
warriors and hunters. Before he paddled away he turned to the rabbit
and said:

"My little Brother Rabbit, you have been very kind to me, indeed, and
through your kindness the lives of our tribe will be saved. In return
for this your brown fur shall become white as the first snowfall, so
that no one will be able to see your body against the snow. In this
way you may protect yourself, and people will know how kind the rabbit
was to Wesakchak."

As he spoke, the rabbit's fur suddenly became pure white, and it looked
like a little ball of snow near the bushes. Wesakchak smiled when he
saw this and said:

"Your enemies will need to have sharp eyes now, little Brother Rabbit,
for you will give them many a long chase over the winter prairies."

V. THE BALD-HEADED EAGLES

One day Wesakchak was seated at the door of his lodge, when he noticed
two eagles circling high in the air above him.

"Come down, my brothers," he called. "I wish to speak to you."

The eagles slowly descended, and Wesakchak said, "I wish you to take me
on your backs for a ride. This is a very warm day and I know it must
be cool high up in the air where you fly."

"But we are going home to our nests," replied the eagles. "It is on a
very high cliff many miles from here, and you will not care to go
there."

"Yes, I shall," replied Wesa