When we told them how we placed ourselves and the horses in the middle, they blamed us exceedingly, and told us it was fifty to one but we had been all destroyed, for it was the sight of the horses which made the wolves so furious, seeing their prey, and that at other times they are really afraid of a gun; but being excessively hungry, and raging on that account, the eagerness to come at the horses had made them senseless of danger, and that if we had not by the continual fire, and at last by the stratagem of the train of powder, mastered them, it had been great odds but that we had been torn to pieces; whereas, had we been content to have sat still on horseback, and fired as horsemen, they would not have taken the horses so much for their own, when men were on their backs, as otherwise; and withal, they told us that at last, if we had stood altogether, and left our horses, they would have been so eager to have devoured them, that we might have come off safe, especially having our firearms in our hands, being so many in number.
Ahora bien, si les hubiésemos disparado sin apearnos de los caballos, no les habrían parecido una presa asequible, ya que había hombres montados sobre ellos. Finalmente, nos dijeron que si hubiésemos permanecido juntos y abandonado los caballos, se habrían lanzado sobre ellos y nosotros habríamos podido escapar a salvo, pues éramos muchos y estábamos bien armados.