Then, supposing they were not cannibals, yet they might kill me, as many Europeans who had fallen into their hands had been served, even when they had been ten or twenty together—much more I, that was but one, and could make little or no defence; all these things, I say, which I ought to have considered well; and did come into my thoughts afterwards, yet gave me no apprehensions at first, and my head ran mightily upon the thought of getting over to the shore.
Mas, suponiendo que no fuesen caníbales, podían matarme, como a muchos europeos que cayeron en sus manos, incluso a grupos de diez o veinte; y con más razón a mí que era uno solo y apenas podía defenderme. Nada de esto, que debía considerar muy seriamente, como después lo hice, me preocupaba al principio pues tan solo pensaba en llegar a la otra orilla.