The Spaniard, who was as bold and brave as could be imagined, though weak, had fought the Indian a good while, and had cut two great wounds on his head; but the savage being a stout, lusty fellow, closing in with him, had thrown him down, being faint, and was wringing my sword out of his hand; when the Spaniard, though undermost, wisely quitting the sword, drew the pistol from his girdle, shot the savage through the body, and killed him upon the spot, before I, who was running to help him, could come near him.
A spanyol rendkívül bátran harcolt és két fejsebet is ejtett a vademberen, de gyenge volt még, és a jól megtermett indián végül a földre gyűrte. Már éppen kicsavarta a kardomat a kezéből, amikor a spanyol előkapta az övébe tűzött pisztolyt, és mielőtt odaérhettem volna, hogy segítsek, keresztüllőtte ellenfelét.