When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
Jon Snow grasped the spear that bore Garth Greyfeather's head and wrenched it violently from the ground. " Pull down the other two, " he commanded, and four of the crows hurried to obey.
When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, " They have brought the heads of the princes" . Then Jehu ordered, " Put them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning" .
" Aye, " declared Old Flint. " You want them in the Gift, that's your folly, but see they don't wander off or I'll send you back their heads. Winter is nigh, I want no more mouths to feed" .