He threw an assegai, but it missed me, and next second I hit him too.

He got up his shield, but I knocked it down upon his head, and over he rolled senseless.

Whether he lived or died I do not know, my father; but his head being of the thickest, I think it likely that he lived.

Then, while the people stood astonished, I turned and fled like the wind.

They turned too, and ran after me, throwing spears at me and trying to cut me off.