Lightfoot The Deer in "Lightfoot's Long Swim"

So for a long time he remained right where he was. He was so tired that he trembled all over, and he was as frightened as he was tired. He knew that standing out there in the water he could be seen for a long distance, and that made him nervous and fearful. Supposing a hunter on the shore he was trying to reach should see him. Then he would have no chance at all, for the hunter would simply wait for him and shoot him as he came out of the water.
But rest he must, and so he stood for a long time on the little sand bar in the Big River. And little by little he felt his strength returning.