There is no doubt that these were bloody atrocities, ones which contravened the rules of warfare in early modern times in so far as hundreds of civilians were murdered in the aftermath of the fall of the towns.

毫无疑问，这些都是血腥暴行，违反了近代早期的战争规则， 城镇陷落后， 数百名平民被杀害。

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

他一向煽动我们内部的叛乱，并且一向竭力勾结我们边疆上的居民、那些残忍的印第安蛮族来侵犯。印第安人所著称的作战方式，就是不论男女、老幼和情况，一概毁灭无遗。