ABSTRACT
Deponent knows, and it was obvious, that had not the general taken this measure, not only the men with him in the fort but also those who had withdrawn to the bush, must have perished because of the evil intention which the Indians demonstrated in that, when they saw the soldiers in the fort fighting and the rest of the people in retreat, they sacked and looted the city, entering its houses (p. 13) and carrying off everything, leaving nothing.
