His first opinion was, that the savages in the boat never could live out the storm which blew that night they went off, but must of necessity be drowned, or driven south to those other shores, where they were as sure to be devoured as they were to be drowned if they were cast away; but, as to what they would do if they came safe on shore, he said he knew not; but it was his opinion that they were so dreadfully frightened with the manner of their being attacked, the noise, and the fire, that he believed they would tell the people they were all killed by thunder and lightning, not by the hand of man; and that the two which appeared—viz.
Ciò non ostante gli pareva dovessero essere, pel modo onde furono assaliti e pel fragore dell’armi da fuoco, si tremendamente spaventati, che avrebbero probabilmente raccontato ai loro di casa di essere stati ridotti a sì mal partito dal tuono e dal fulmine, non dalla mano dell’uomo. Avranno raccontato, così egli continuava a ragionare, che i due uomini comparsi loro (io e Venerdì) erano spiriti celesti o diavoli venuti in terra per distruggerli, non uomini armati.