He took them very thankfully; and no sooner had he the arms in his hands, but, as if they had put new vigour into him, he flew upon his murderers like a fury, and had cut two of them in pieces in an instant; for the truth is, as the whole was a surprise to them, so the poor creatures were so much frightened with the noise of our pieces that they fell down for mere amazement and fear, and had no more power to attempt their own escape than their flesh had to resist our shot; and that was the case of those five that Friday shot at in the boat; for as three of them fell with the hurt they received, so the other two fell with the fright.
Kettőt közülük nyomban lekaszabolt. Az igazsághoz hozzátartozik, hogy korábbi lövéseink hatására a még sértetlen bennszülöttek többsége halálra vált az ijedtségtől és annyi lélekerejük sem maradt, hogy meneküljenek vagy kellőképpen védekezzenek.