My men would fain have had me give them leave to fall upon them at once in the dark; but I was willing to take them at some advantage, so as to spare them, and kill as few of them as I could; and especially I was unwilling to hazard the killing of any of our men, knowing the others were very well armed.
Így folyt ez egy darabig. Az én embereim a sötét beálltával már alig várták, hogy támadhassanak, de visszafogtam őket, mert azt akartam, hogy minél kevesebben essenek áldozatul az ellenfél soraiból, nekünk pedig egyáltalán ne legyenek veszteségeink.