I attempted attempt to rise , but was not able to stir : for , as I happened to lie on my back , I found find my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground ; and my hair , which was long and thick , tied down in the same manner .

When this shower shower of arrows was over over , I fell a groaning groan with grief and pain ; and then striving strive again to get loose , they discharged discharge another volley volley larger than the first , and some of them attempted attempt with spears to stick me in the sides ; but by good luck I had on a buff jerkin , which they could not pierce .

Dazed , suffering intolerable pain from throat and tongue , with the life half throttled out of him , Buck attempted attempt to face his tormentors .