Mild and hospitable when at peace, though merciless in war beyond any known degree of human ferocity, the Indian would expose himself to die of hunger in order to succor the stranger who asked admittance by night at the door of his hut; yet he could tear in pieces with his hands the still quivering limbs of his prisoner.
Gozo eta abegikor bakean, errukigabea gerran, giza basakeriari ezagun zaizkion mugak ere gaindituz, indioa gosez hiltzeko prest egoten zen arratsean etxolako atera hurbiltzen zitzaion atzerritarrari laguntzearren, eta bere eskuez zatitzen zituen preso hartutakoaren gorputzatalak, oraindik taupaka ari zirenean.