Fort Stockton Pioneer in Fort Stockton, Texas

Cimarron the Big Horn Sheep and Frontier Language

The article traces the name Cimarron as applied to the Big Horn Sheep from Mexican and Spanish roots, noting how terms changed through English usage and frontier contact. It discusses related words such as jer ked beef and charqui, and recounts historical mentions of Cimarrones among Inca and Castaneda accounts, with notes on the animal’s likely past presence along the Rio Grande.