Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday march out against the cannibals

 

How did Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday march out against the cannibals?

 

Ans. One day Robinson Crusoe sent Friday to the shore to find turtles and their eggs. Friday returned terribly scared and informed Crusoe that he had seen three canoes on the shore. Crusoe equiped himself and Friday with arms and climbed up on a hill. With the help of his perspective glass he clearly found three canoes, twenty-one savages and three prisoners. The savages were taking preparation to kill the savages and enjoy a banquet upon those prisoners. Crusoe was filled with anger and resolved to kill all those savages. He prepared Friday to help him in fighting.

 

Former thought returned to Crusoe's mind again. He found justification for Friday to kill the savages because they wanted to kill them. But he found no justification for himself to kill them because they had done no harm to him. His resolution to kill them now abated by those thoughts. But when he saw a European white bearded man bound by them to be killed and eaten, Crusoe was filled with utter horror and hatred for the savages. This fired the very soul within him. He and Friday went behind a thicket about fifty yards from where the cannibals were sitting round a fire. Then they moved to a rising ground from where they could have a full view of them.

 

There was no moment to be lost because the savages were about to kill the white man. Crusoe and Friday fired at the savages at a time. Friday killed two of them and wounded three more. Crusoe killed one and wounded two of them. They fired again and killed and wounded some others. The savages were terribly scared and ran towards their canoes. Crusoe asked Friday to fire. Friday fired and saw the savages falling in heap into the boat. Two of them got up again. Friday killed them firing again. Crusoe rushed to the white man and freed him from his binding rope. He offered him wine and bread and the white man regained his strength. Talking with the man Crusoe learned that the white man was a Spaniard. Crusoe also gave him arms and the Spaniard expressed his gratitude to Crusoe at his deliverance. He flied upon his murderers in fury and killed two of them. One savage attacked the white Spaniard with his wooden sword, but bravely and wisely the white man killed him with sword and pistol. Friday and Spaniard chased the savages who were running towards their canoes. Friday killed two of them when Spaniard wounded two ones. Crusoe, Friday and Spaniard followed the savages to their canoes and saw person lying bound. Crusoe unfastened him and offered him wine. Friday saw the man and became mad with joy. That man was Friday's father. He held his father's head close to his bosom. The savages fled away with their canoes into the sea. Soon after tempest raged. Crusoe and his companions thought that the savages were perished in the sea because of the tempest. Friday ran wildly to the residence to bring his father fresh water, bread and cakes. Crusoe offered raisins and cakes to the Spaniard. Crusoe and Friday brought them to the habitation. They made for the new guests tent and two beds. Robinson was happy to have three his father and the Spaniard.