Language of the Early Day Cowboy Lingo From Texas Trails
Montana sources note Texas and Southwest cowboys shaped northwest cattle speech with vivid terms and routines. The piece details branding methods, chutes, saddles, and camp life tied to outfits, along with Lomax’s quotes and the period dialects and dance calls common to cowboy culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Tree
Texas
Montana
Texas Trail
Southwest
Northwest
Arbuckle
John J. Lomax
Folklore Society
San Marcos
West
Arizona
Tombstone
Captain Joseph LaBarge of the Missouri River Spotlight
A reminiscence celebrating Captain Joseph LaBarge, his river exploits on the Missouri during the 1870s, and the LaBarge family’s navigation legacy. The piece recounts mosquito trials, pilot house feats, incidents with liquor barrels, and the river’s shifting channels near Fort Benton and Belleview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph LaBarge
Missouri River
M. E. Plassmann
Missouri
Charles Hard
United States
LaBarge
Fort Benton
Mark Twain
LaBarges
St. Louis
Nimrod
American Fur Company
Bellevue
Thomas H. Benton
Westport
Montana
Spread Eagle
Bailey
la Barge
Emilie
Upper River
Fort Berthold
Spotted Calf Sues Custer Tale Reignites Old Debate
In Sioux Falls and Mitchell reports Foolish Elk, an aged Brule Sioux witness, names Spotted Calf of the Santee as Custer’s slayer at the Little Big Horn. William J. Bordeaux presents the version, citing Crazy Horse testimony and Sioux recollections contradicting Remington’s Last Stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foolish Elk
George A. Custer
Spotted Calf
Inkpaduta
Little Big Morn
Custer
William J. Bordeaux
United States District Attorney
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mitchell
Bodeaux
Bordeaux
Louis
Frederick Remington
Crook
The
Little Big Horn
Minnesota
Crazy Horse
Black Bear
Ogalla
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Leffin
White House
Mr. Meadow
Gnivkyn
Joe
Arkansaw
Charles M. Russell
Elk
South Dakota
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