They were flying from the town and ran into the arms of our guard before they knew of their presence.

It seems that those devils down there had set out to kill their women because it was known that one of them had warned Mr.
Chase of his danger.

According to the women who came with us, at least a score of these unlucky wives were strangled.

Von Blitz's wives succeeded in getting word to a few of their friends and they fled.
"During the excitement brought about by their arrival in our camp, we made a sudden attack upon our guards.

They were not expecting it and we had seized their rifles before they could recover from their surprise.