Not castaways, but colonists
Pencroft: …we will make a little America of this island! We will build towns, we will establish railways, start telegraphs, and one fine day, when it is quite changed, quite put in order and quite civilized, we will go and offer it to the government of the Union. Only, I ask one thing.
Gideon Spilett: What is that?
Pencroft: It is, that we do not consider ourselves castaways, but colonists, who have come here to settle.
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Context: After exploring their new home, the sailor proposes how the group should think of themselves.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Part 1, Chapter 11