W've got to go slow in rippin' these squatters out o' their holes.

They anchor right down to the roots of the tree of life.

I reckon we've got to let 'em creep in; we'll scare 'em all we can before they settle, but when they settle we've got to go around 'em.

If the man was a stranger we might do something, but Jake Pratt don't bluff--besides, boys, I've got worse news for you." "What's that ?" "A couple of Mexicans with five thousand sheep crossed Lizard Creek yesterday." The boys leaped to their feet, variously crying out: "Oh, come off! It can't be true." "It is true--I saw 'em myself," insisted Williams.
"Well, that means war.

Does the V.T.outfit know it ?" "I don't think so.