Veteran Flashcards
People may think they know all about the Cowboys of the wild West from watching westerns, but only Hollywood movies. Do not give a very _____ picture of the life cowboy really led.
Realistic:
Closely resembling real life.
Are ______throughout by gun gunfire, but real Cowboys were mostly ____ shots and seldom had reason to draw their guns. They carried them mostly for display.
1st Punctuated: To interrupt from time to time.
2cnd mediocre: of low to medium quality; barely passable.
However, they did _____ at writing and roping steers essential skills for men whose job was handling cattle.
Excel: to do well to do better or greater than others.
Following the end of the Civil War in 1865 the Vaqueros number is swelled with ________who headed west to work on cattle ranches
Veterans: a person who has served in the Armed Forces.
Westerns usually show the Cowboys in town having a good time, but the lives of the real Cowboys were quiet _____, and we’re spent mostly working on the range
Monotonous: always the same, not varying boring.
At that time, Cowboys drove the cattle along trails that_____ in Texas were most of the cattle ranches were located and ended in Kansas City.
Originate: to bring or come into being.
Cowboy found_____ employment as trail hands for these great cattle drives which covered hundreds of miles and lasted up to three months
Casual: Not planned.
Cowboys kept the string of Mustangs, the ______ wild ponies that run the planes and changed to fresh mountains. When the evening sun went down they were too______ to do anything but eat and sleep.
Hardy: able to survive under bad conditions tough
Exhausted: to use up
Working hard in the open air made the Cowboys_____and when the evening sun went down.
Ravenous: very hungry
Could panic the ____ and start a ________.
Stampede: a sudden rush of animals are people usually caused by fear.
