Across
- 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
Down
- 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