thoughts that we might bring him to be useful to us, and perhaps make him a
kind of commander over them. So I caused our surgeon to take him in hand,
and gave the poor wretch good words, that is to say, I spoke to him as well
as I could by signs, to make him understand that we would make him well
again.

This created a new awe in their minds of us, believing that, as we could
kill at a distance by something invisible to them (for so our shot was, to
be sure), so we could make them well again too. Upon this the young prince
(for so we called him afterwards) called six or seven of the savages to
him, and said something to them; what it was we know not, but immediately
all the seven came to me, and kneeled down to me, holding up their hands,
and making signs of entreaty, pointing to the place where one of those lay
whom we had killed.

It was a long time before I or any of us could understand them; but one of
them ran and lifted up a dead man, pointing to his wound, which was in his
eyes, for he was shot into the head at one of his eyes. Then another
pointed to the surgeon, and at last we found it out, that the meaning was,
that he should heal the prince's father too, who was dead, being shot
through the head, as above.

We presently took the hint, and would not say we could not do it, but let
them know, the men that were killed were those that had first fallen upon
us, and provoked us, and we would by no means make them alive again; and
that, if any others did so, we would kill them too, and never let them live
any more: but that, if he (the prince) would be willing to go with us, and
do as we should direct him, we would not let him die, and would make his
arm well. Upon this he bid his men go and fetch a long stick or staff, and
lay on the ground. When they brought it, we saw it was an arrow; he took it