Having resolved upon this, they next considered whether they shouldfire at the first two, or wait for the three, and so take themiddle party, by which the two and the five that followed would beseparated; at length they resolved to let the first two pass by,unless they should spy them the tree, and come to attack them. Thefirst two savages confirmed them also in this resolution, byturning a little from them towards another part of the wood; butthe three, and the five after them, came forward directly to thetree, as if they had known the Englishmen were there. Seeing themcome so straight towards them, they resolved to take them in a lineas they came: and as they resolved to fire but one at a time,perhaps the first shot might hit them all three; for which purposethe man who was to fire put three or four small bullets into hispiece; and having a fair loophole, as it were, from a broken holein the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting tillthey were within about thirty yards of the tree, so th