This, he said, he knew; because he heard them all cry out so, in their language, one to another; for it was impossible for them to conceive that a man could dart fire, and speak thunder, and kill at a distance, without lifting up the hand, as was done now: and this old savage was in the right; for, as I understood since, by other hands, the savages never attempted to go over to the island afterwards, they were so terrified with the accounts given by those four men (for it seems they did escape the sea), that they believed whoever went to that enchanted island would be destroyed with fire from the gods.
Számukra hihetetlen volt, hogy egy ember tüzet lövellhet ki, a mennydörgés hangján szólalhat meg és nagy távolságból, erőfeszítés nélkül gyilkolhat ezekkel. Az idős indián szavai beigazolódni látszottak a következő idők során, mert a kannibálok, a négy törzsbelijük beszámolója alapján (úgy tűnik, azok mégiscsak megmenekültek) messzire elkerülték a szigetet.