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Historical Essay

How an Indian Chief Captured the Eagle that Became 'Old Abe'

A Wisconsin Civil War Story
On March 26, 1914, Chief Big Sky of the Flambeau Band of the Ojibwe Indians described how he captured an eaglet from its nest in the spring of 1861

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