U11 Vocabulary

4. a long rope made of braided rawhide with a loop at one end, used to catch stray cattle
5. when a herd of cattle is startled and runs away, often causing damage and injury
6. a specific breed of cattle that came from Spanish origin and adapted to the harsh environment of Texas
10. Native American attack on a settlement
11. someone hired to kill buffalo in the plains so Native Americans would not have a food source
13. public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle

1. a portable kitchen
2. fencing material that allowed landowners to easily keep cattle off their land
3. the journey made to take cattle from ranches to be sold at market
7. African American soldier that served in the western United States after the Civil War
8. marking that shows legal ownership of cattle
9. machine that separated the cotton seeds from the bolls
12. Spanish term for cowboy