Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.

We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony.

It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand.

Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after.

I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.

It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches.