Prevod
Nobenega dvoma ni, da je kmet Lovel bral o antični zgodovini, sicer se ne bi tako dobro znašel v nevarnosti, ki ga je doletela nekoč v prejšnjem stoletju. Naselil se je med griči New Hampshira, blizu kraja, kjer danes stoji vas Washington, in tam mu v družbi medvedov in Indijancev res ni bilo dolgčas. Ko je na gori Lovel — pozneje so jo poimenovali po njem — cepil les za ograjne letve, ga je obkolilo šest Indijancev in mu povedalo, da je njihov ujetnik. Priznal je, da imajo premoč, in dejal, da bo mirno šel z njimi, če mu dovolijo dokončati veliko kostanjevo deblo, ki ga je ravno cepil. Ker je bil krepak mož in je imel sekiro, ki je bila vredna vsaj dveh njihovih tomahavkov, in ker bi skoraj gotovo vzel življenje vsaj enemu izmed njih, če bi ga skušali priganjati, so privolili. Rekel je, da bo še toliko prej nared, če mu pomagajo razpreti veliko deblo, in pristali so, da mu bodo pomagali. V dolgo razpoko je zabil klin in jih prosil, naj primejo za les; ko so to storili, je z enim samim udarcem izbil klin in vseh dvanajst rok je ostalo trdno ukleščenih v lesu, ki se je stisnil skupaj. Naj so se divjaki še tako otepali, se niso mogli osvoboditi. Nekaj minut je mirno užival v nastalem položaju, nato pa je počasi stopal od enega do drugega in vsem šestim razklal glave. Potem se je spet lotil dela in cepil še druga kostanjeva debla.
Izvirnik
There is no doubt that farmer Lovel had read ancient history or he would not have been so ready in the emergency that befell him one time in the last century. He had settled among the New Hampshire hills near the site that is now occupied by the village of Washington and had a real good time there with bears and Indians. It was when he was splitting rails on Lovel Mountain--they named it for him afterward--that he found himself surrounded by six Indians, who told him that he was their prisoner. He agreed that they had the advantage over him and said that he would go quietly along if they would allow him to finish the big chestnut log that he was at work on. As he was a powerful fellow and was armed with an axe worth any two of their tomahawks, and as he would be pretty sure to have the life of at least one of them if they tried to drive him faster than he wanted to go, they consented. He said that he would be ready all the sooner if they would help him to pull the big log apart, and they agreed to help him. Driving a wedge into the long split he asked them to take hold, and when they had done this he knocked out the wedge with a single blow and the twelve hands were caught tight in the closing wood. Struggle as the savages might, they could not get free, and after calmly enjoying the situation for a few minutes he walked slowly from one to the other and split open the heads of all six. Then he went to work again splitting up more chestnuts.
