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           Buttherewasmoreworktodoyet; forIperceivedthesavagewhomIknockeddownwasnotkilled,butstunnedwiththeblow,andbegantocometohimself; soIpointedtohim,andshowinghimthesavage,thathewasnotdead,uponthishespokesomewordstome; andthoughIcouldnotunderstandthem,yetIthoughttheywerepleasanttohear; fortheywerethefirstsoundofaman’svoicethatIhadheard,myownexcepted,forabovetwenty-fiveyears. Buttherewasnotimeforsuchreflectionsnow. Thesavagewhowasknockeddownrecoveredhimselfsofarastositupupontheground,andIperceivedthatmysavagebegantobeafraid; butwhenIwasthat,Ipresentedmyotherpieceattheman,asifIwouldshoothim. Uponthismysavage,forsoIcallhimnow,madeamotiontometolendhimmysword,whichhungnakedinabeltbymyside; soIdid. Henosoonerhaditbutherunstohisenemy,and,atoneblow,cutoffhisheadascleverly,noexecutionerinGermanycouldhavedoneitsoonerorbetter; whichIthoughtverystrangeforonewho,Ihadreasontobelieve,neversawaswordinhislifebefore,excepttheirownwoodenswords. However,itseems,asIlearnedafterwards,theymaketheirwoodenswordssosharp,soheavy,andthewoodissohard,thattheywillcutoffheadsevenwiththem,ay,andarms,andthatatoneblowtoo. Whenhehaddonethis,hecomeslaughingtomeinsignoftriumph,andbroughtmetheswordagain,andwithabundanceofgestures,whichIdidnotunderstand,laiditdown,withtheheadofthesavagethathehadkilled,justbeforeme. 

           Butthatwhichastonishedhimmost,wastoknowhowIhadkilledtheotherIndiansofaroff; sopointingtohim,hemadesignstometolethimgotohim; soIbadehimgo,aswellasIcould.