But these thoughts still were attended with this difficulty: that it was impossible to effect this without attacking a whole caravan of them, and killing them all; and this was not only a very desperate attempt, and might miscarry, but, on the other hand, I had greatly scrupled the lawfulness of it to myself; and my heart trembled at the thoughts of shedding so much blood, though it was for my deliverance.
A fogolyszabadítást lehetetlen volt megvalósítani anélkül, hogy meg ne támadnék egy egész csapatot. Ez viszont meglehetősen elkeseredett vállalkozásnak tűnt, és balul is sikerülhetett.