Upon which I order'd our last Pistol to be fir'd off in one Volley，and after that we gave a Shout；upon this，the Wolves turn'd Tail，and we sally'd immediately upon near twenty lame Ones，who we found struggling on the Ground，and fell a cutting them with our Swords，which answer'd our Expectation；for the Crying and Howling they made，was better understood by their Fellows，so that they all fled and left us.
We had，first and last，kill'd about three Score of them；and had it been Day-Light，we had kill'd many more：The Field of Battle being thus clear'd，we made forward again；for we had still near a League to go. We heard the ravenous Creatures houl and yell in the Woods as we went，several Times；and sometimes we fancy'd we saw some of them，but the Snow dazling our Eyes，we were not certain；so in about an Hour more，we came to the Town，where we were to lodge，which we found in a terrible Fright，and all in Arms；for it seems，that the Night before，the Wolves and some Bears had broke into the Village in the Night，and put them in a terrible Fright，and they were oblig'd to keep Guard Night and Day，but especially in the Night，to preserve their Cattle，and indeed their People.
The next Morning our Guide was so ill，and his Limbs swell'd with the rankling of his two Wounds，that he could go no farther；so we were oblig'd to take a new Guide there，and go to Tholouse，where we found a warm Climate，a fruitful pleasant Country，and no Snow，no Wolves，or any Thing like them；but when we told our Story at Tholouse，they told us it was nothing but what was ordinary in the great Forest at the Foot of the Mountains，especially when the Snow lay on the Ground：But they enquir'd much what kind of a Guide we had gotten，that would venture to bring us that Way in such a severe Season；and told us，it was very much' we were not all devour'd. When we told them how we plac'd our selves，and the Horses in the Middle，they blam'd us exceedingly，and told us it was fifty to one but we had been all destroy'd；for it was the Sight of the Horses which made the Wolves so furious，Seeing their Prey；and that at other Times they are really afraid of a Gun；but the being excessive Hungry，and raging on that Account，the Eagerness to come at the Horses had made them sensless of Danger；and that if we had not by the continu'd Fire，and at last by the Stratagem of the Train of Powder，master'd them，it had been great Odds but that we had been torn to Pieces；whereas had we been content to have sat still on Horseback，and fir'd as Horsemen，they would not have taken the Horses for so much their own，when Men were on their Backs，as otherwise；and withal they told us，that at last，if we had stood altogether，and left our Horses，they would have been so eager to have devour'd them，that we might have come off safe，especially having our Fire Arms in our Hands，and being so many in Number.