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| Invented in the 1870’s to control breeding of cattle and to keep cattle from trampling and eating crops |
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| A place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped |
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| Windmills use the energy from steady winds to pull water up into surface wells |
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| To get rid of completely by killing off |
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| A cowhand that herded and drove cattle into corrals, or pens |
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| Basically means death or the end of something – like the demise of the Native Americans in Texas. |
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| A Kiowa chief who believed that the Kiowa Indians would not survive long in the reservation system |
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| A Comanche Chief whose mother was Cynthia Ann Parker, a Anglo and father was a Great Comanche Chief |
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| A Tendon – Indians used Buffalo tendons as bow strings |
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| Red River Campaign (military operation) |
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| An Army of 3,000 had a series of battles searching for Native American camps – (Native Americans who refused to stay on reservations) |
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| Battle of Palo Duro Canyon |
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| The most decisive battle in the Red River Campaign. It was a victory for the army and left the Indians without food and horses. The Indians could not survive and were forced to join the reservations. |
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| A former slave who became the first African American to graduate from West Point |
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| Men who drove the cattle up the long trail |
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| A ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses |
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| A state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests |
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| The trail was created by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. It moved cattle to the ranges of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. |
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| This trail started at Kerrville and went to Dodge City, Kansas |
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| The most popular cattle trail – It began in South Texas and ended in Abilene, Kansas |
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| One of the earliest trails – it went into Missouri |
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