All the same, I was convinced that a lesser expenditure, coupled with somewhat greater mental effort on our part, would have sufficed to subdue some chieftains and to win others to us. I decided to devote myself especially to this latter task, which everyone else was neglecting.
Dena dela, ni konbentzituta nengoen, indar gutxiago xahuturik, burua pixka bat gehiago nekaturik, bagenukeela nahiko eskuarte hainbat buruzagi barbaro geure agintepera ekartzeko eta beste hainbat geure adiskide bihurtzeko ere bai; azken eginkizun honi lotu nintzaion ni neu, batik-bat, beste inork ez baitzuen, itxuraz, hartarako gogorik.