Conflict, Cattle & Cotton

conflict

a serious disagreement or argument

raids

sudden attack on an enemy

roam

move about or travel aimlessly

warrior

experienced soldier or fighter

Buffalo Soldiers

Nickname for black soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s

destruction

the action of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired

ranchero

Spanish word for "rancher"

open range

public land owned by the state government, often used for cattle grazing

drives

The movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market

drover

A person who moves livestock overland to market

trail boss (Cattle Drive)

the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle

stockyard

A place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere

wrangler

A ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses

quarantine

to isolate or separate to prevent the spread of disease.

mustang

wild horses, descended from horses brought by the Spanish

felony

a serious crime that usually results in a prison sentence

Branding

marking with a branding iron

drift fences

barbed-wire fence dozens of miles long used in the Texas Panhandle to mark the northern and southern limits of a rancher's land to prevent livestock from drifting off the land and wild cattle from drifting onto it and competing for food

enclosure

fences in areas

What advantages did the Indians have over the U.S. Army?

familiar with the land, could rapidly fire a bow

What was the name of the treaty in which the U.S. government met with Kiowas and Comanches in order to move them to reservations?

Treaty of Medicine Lodge

How did William Sherman hurt the Indian population?

slaughtered the buffalo

Who led the attacks on Adobe Walls?

Quanah Parker

Three Famous Cattle Drive Trails in Texas:

1. Chisholm Trail

2. Great Western Trail

3. Goodnight-Loving Trail

Hazards cowboys faced on a cattle drive?

1. weather

2. rattlesnakes

3. river crossing

4. stampedes

5. Indian or bandit attacks

Who invented the chuck wagon?

Charles Goodnight

Famous Ranches in Texas

JA Ranch

King Ranch

XIT Ranch

What disease did longhorns carry via a tic?

Texas Fever

What laws were put into place over fence cutting war?

It's a felony to cut a fence without permission

Who was arrested for the Warren Wagon Train Raid?

Santanta

Big Tree

Satank

Who was the Apache Chief that led raids in West Texas?

Chief Victorio

What President did Quanah Parker become friends with?

Theodore Roosevelt

What troops battled the Apaches and ran them out of Texas?

The Buffalo Soldiers

What contributed to the end of the cattle trails?

barbed wire fences,

railroads,

refrigeration