Black Cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers
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- 2. The soldiers dark, curly hair resembles the fur of what animal?
- 4. Historians estimate that one in how many soldiers were black?
- 9. What act was passed during this time?
- 11. century They first worked on ranches in what century?
- 13. In what territory did the black cowboys take up careers as federal police offers?
- 14. Who was someone who tried to steal livestock from a farm or ranch?
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- 1. Some black cowboys took up careers as what?
- 3. Someone who breaks or trains horses?
- 4. What did some black cowboys own?
- 5. The soldiers fought so valiantly and fiercely that the Indians admired them as they did the mighty buffalo, whats another word for admired?
- 6. In which cavalry regiments were the soldiers known as "buffalo soldiers"?
- 7. What frontier did the soldiers mainly serve on?
- 8. What were many of the first black cowboys brought into?
- 10. About how many wagons are on a wagon train?
- 12. How many all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after the Army Organization Act was passed?