Cowboys

Question 1

What was the chuck wagon job?

Answer 1

Acts as a cook

Question 2

What was the point job?

Answer 2

Keeps look out and turns the herd

Question 3

What was the swings job?

Answer 3

Watches the flanks of the herd

Question 4

What was the wranglers job?

Answer 4

Look after the horses

Question 5

What hardships did a Cowboys have to endure?

Answer 5

1- freezing winter cold line camps 
2- danger of being trampled 
3- danger of drowning 
4-rain hail and burning sun on the long drives 
5- having to stu awake all night
6- having drag on the long drive (dust from the herd)
7- getting attacked from Indians 
8- getting attacked by rustlers

Question 6

What is line camps?

Answer 6

Taking daily rides in the winter to stop drifting cows

Question 7

What was big riding in the spring for?

Answer 7

To haul up all the cows and round them up and j. The summer they also went on trail drives to the market

Question 8

What was the trail bosses job?

Answer 8

Is in charge of driving

Question 9

How was Cowboys life similar to Indians?

Answer 9

• They were dependant on natural products
• they moved around a lot
• they cared for cattle
• their food and clothing would be from cattle
• the round up was a community event

Question 10

What were many Cowboys?

Answer 10

Black ex slaves where as Hollywood heroes were always white

Question 11

What skills dos Cowboys have?

Answer 11

• ride
• shoot
• lasso
• wrangle
• round up herds

Question 12

What was the name given to cattle ranchers in the 1880s and 1890s?

Answer 12

Cattle baron

Question 13

What kind of conflict took place between the cattle ranchers and homesteaders?

Answer 13

• homesteaders where scared that cows would trample on their crops
• worried if cows brought diseases such as Texas fever infecting their animals
• land boundaries
• competition between grazing by cattle and sheep
• water holes and rivers