We couldn't budge 'em.

They went on en' split round the rocks, en' the most of 'em was turned sharp to the left by a deep wash we hedn't seen--hed no chance to see.
"The other three boys--Jimmy Vail, Joe Willis, an' thet little Cairns boy--a nervy kid! they, with Cairns leadin', tried to buck thet herd round to the pocket.

It was a wild, fool idee.

I couldn't do nothin'.
The boys got hemmed in between the steers an' the wash--thet they hedn't no chance to see, either.

Vail an' Willis was run down right before our eyes.