He told me, “Go fetch more boat;” so away he went like the wind, for sure never man or horse ran like him; and he had the other canoe in the creek almost as soon as I got to it by land; so he wafted me over, and then went to help our new guests out of the boat, which he did; but they were neither of them able to walk; so that poor Friday knew not what to do.
Partió como el viento, pues, seguramente, jamás hombre o caballo corrieron como él, y llegó con la segunda canoa hasta la ensenada casi antes que yo, que iba por tierra. Así pues, me condujo hasta la otra orilla y se apresuró a ayudar a nuestros nuevos huéspedes a salir de la canoa.