Read the two written sources and answer the questions. In his novel the newspaperman The following was written by Teddy Blue The Big Sky, and author A.B. Guthrie,Jr (1901 -1991) wrote Abbot, a famous cowboy in the 1880s. the following description of life in the west: cattle drifted down on all the rivers…On “The was the way to live…A body got so’s he the Missouri we lost I don’t know how many “This felt everything was kin to him, the earth and that way. They would walk out on the ice and sky and buffalo and beaver and yellow moon at the ones behind would push the front ones in. night. It was better than being walled in by a The cow punchers worked like slaves to move house, better than breathing in spoiled air and them back in the hills, but as all the outfits cut feeling like a caged varmint.” their forces down every winter, they were 1. shorthanded. No one knows how they worked themselves. They saved thousands of cattle. 2. Think of riding all day in a blinding snowstorm, the temperature fifty and sixty 3. below zero, and no dinner.” 1. 4 2. 3. 4. Directions: In the past few classes a vivid picture has been painted for you of the West and what it was like and how it has changed up to the Cattle Kingdom. Your job is to create a mural below showing the changes in the west up to the Cattle drive. Take your time and be creative. Cowboys and Cattlemen Before the advent of the Cowboy” there were the vaqueros, or “American Mexican cowboys in the Southwest. These men roped and branded cattle in Spanish California and in Texas. On the early ranches, cattle were raised for hides and tallow. Beef was just a by-product.
Read the two written sources and answer the questions. In his novel The Big Sky, the newspaperman and author A.B. Guthrie,Jr (1901 -1991) wrote the following description of life in the west: “This was the way to live…A body got so’s he felt everything was kin to him, the earth and sky and buffalo and beaver and yellow moon at night. It was better than being walled in by a house, better than breathing in spoiled air and feeling like a caged varmint.” 1. 2. 3. 4 The following was written by Teddy Blue Abbot, a famous cowboy in the 1880s. “The cattle drifted down on all the rivers…On the Missouri we lost I don’t know how many that way. They would walk out on the ice and the ones behind would push the front ones in. The cow punchers worked like slaves to move them back in the hills, but as all the outfits cut their forces down every winter, they were shorthanded. No one knows how they worked themselves. They saved thousands of cattle. Think of riding all day in a blinding snowstorm, the temperature fifty and sixty below zero, and no dinner.” 1. 2. 3. 4. Directions: In the past few classes a vivid picture has been painted for you of the West and what it was like and how it has changed up to the Cattle Kingdom. Your job is to create a mural below showing the changes in the west up to the Cattle drive. Take your time and be creative. Cowboys and Cattlemen Before the advent of the “American Cowboy” there were the vaqueros, or Mexican cowboys in the Southwest. These men roped and branded cattle in Spanish California and in Texas. On the early ranches, cattle were raised for hides and tallow. Beef was just a by-product.
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