Long Drive Dbq

The cattle kingdom out west had hit its peak in the 1880 's. A steer could be purchased in Texas for eight dollars. They could be sold in the east for up to sixty dollars. In the 1880 's the open range is coming to an end. The farmers are fed up with the cattle tromping through his crops. The sheepherders also took away from the cattle kingdom. The sheep killed the grass when they ate it, unlike cows. The farmer and cowboy hated each other, and they were

Martin describes the travel and the toll it took on men. “I had now to travel the rest of the day, after marching all the day and night before and fighting all the morning. I had eaten nothing since the noon of the preceding day, nor did I eat a morsel til the forenoon of the next day, and I needed rest as much as victuals. After the army had collected again and recovered from their panic, we were kept marching and countermarching, starving and freezing” (Martin

Finally, today is the day we are leaving for our trail. We also pack medicine for if we get sick. The sun is coming up the cows seem like they are excited. But today seems like it's going to go very very slow. We have all of our supplies in a wagon that we are going to sleep and eat in Joe is going to be incharge of where that goes and following us that way we does lose any of the cows. Me and curtis are on horses pushing the heard forward in charge of moving the cows. “Let's get moving we have no time to lose” I yell to curtis and joe. So we start on our

October 15, 1934 was a very dry year we had less than 10 inches of rain from January 1st to October 1st 1934. With the lack of rain my crops did not grow well at all. Not only did my crops not grow well but I only harvested 500 bushels of wheat… Which is less than the 2,800 I was expecting to harvest, and now we only 500 gallons of potable water left. I don’t know when it will rain again but winter is near and I need plan to provide for my family. Not only do I need to feed my family but I have male bull and female Jersey cow. I need to be resourceful here. I had now decided to eat the bull. Keep the cow alive but don’t feed it, drink the cow's milk, once production ceases, eat the wheat.

Drovers, people who herd large groups of cattle, heading up the Chisholm Trail toward the railroads the final stop for any last-minute supplies was Fort Worth, Texas. Beyond that you’d cross the Red River and into Indian Territory. During the years of 1866 and 1890, drovers herded over four million head of cattle through Fort Worth. The city soon became known as “Cowtown.” As the railroad arrived in 1876, Fort Worth developed into a shipping port for livestock, so the city built up the Union Stockyards. Despite the Union Stockyards lacking the essential funding to buy enough cattle to attract local ranchers, President Mike C. Hurley welcomed wealth Boston capitalist Greenleif Simpson into Fort Worth hoping he would find interest and invest

In doc B it shows us how all the men had torn clothes and how they were in a snowy and harsh climate.They were getting frost bite and one of my fellow soldiers only had 3 toes due to having no shoes and getting frostbite. I wouldn't want to stay there because they don't have the appropriate clothes for the climate and they are basically freezing to death in the cold weather.

I took a deep breath as I walked my horse into the Greeley Stampede Arena. I told myself just to "relax." I loped a circle around the arena to make sure that my horse was warmed up and ready to go. He was ready but I was starting to get nervous. I stopped in front of the roping box to put my piggin' string in my mouth. I looked at my calf in the chute to make sure that it was number 33, which was one of the best calves out of the whole set. It was, and I was ready to ride into the box and rope my calf, or attempt to rope my calf. I began to get more nervous, more nervous than I ever had been at a rodeo.

Albigence Waldo, a surgeon from Connecticut, very detailedly explains the horrid conditions of the Army, “which had been surprisingly healthy hitherto, now begins to grow sickly from the continued fatigues they have suffered this Campaign.” Ranging from the poor/ lack of food, hard lodging, cold weather, fatigue, nasty clouds, nasty cookery, vomit, freezing temperatures, and poor/ lack of clothing , everything seemed almost not endurable. He himself heartily wished himself at home, and he was only the surgeon. The vomit and unhealthy conditions can all lead to diseases and to possible death. I would much rather not have to endure these things and be with my family instead; knowing they're safe and not having to worry whether someone got sick or

Cattle has a reliable significance by being the personification of the Native American people. Although white ranchers rejected the animals, Josiah has his faith and intuition that his cattle would be unique, not the ordinary which have lost touch with their lands. He demonstrates the animals as “any living thing” (Silko, 74), which illustrates that the cattle would lose their origins if they “separate from the land for too long” (Silko, 74). Silko highlights the dissimilarity of treatment of animals by the whites from the Laguna method of hunting animals since the Laguna people expresses their respects and appreciations for the prey through rituals and ceremonies. When the Herefords owned by the white ranchers are about to fall to death because of thirst, the spotted cattle can find water on their own. In other words, they are self-sufficient and close to the lands

You enlisted in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War nine months ago. Now it is December, nearing Christmas and you are at Valley Forge with the rest of the army. There is sickness, death and the conditions are miserable. Even though your time is up and you want to return home, your army and George Washington are counting on you to stay. Would you have returned home, or reenlisted?

In December 1777 to 1778, George Washington Sent all his soldiers to Valley Forge. Valley Forge is a winter camp for all of his soldiers to stay. It was very hard to live there and the conditions were bad they did not have much food and the food they did have was very bad and nasty. Would I have quit and went home, instead of staying with the army?

The first reason I am not reenlisting is because people are dying of smallpox and all sorts of diseases. Out of the 8,000 soldiers, 4,000 were sick (Doc A). Half of the men were dying and suffering. I wouldn’t want to stay and die of disease; suffering slowly doesn’t sound fun at all.

Imagine the year is 1777, and you are a soldier in the continental army. You are serving time at Valley Forge. The conditions of the camp where you live are horrible. There is very little food and disease. Your family is at home and you have an aging mother that needs assistance. Would you abandon your duty as a soldier and return home to help? “Victory seemed a long way off ; in fact for many it seemed unlikely.” Would such a long shot at victory and survival change your mind and send you home? I would not have stayed at Valley Forge because the death rate was high, there was a lack of basic provisions and the living conditions of the camp were in shambles.

The attire a cowboy chose was very important to his job. Most things he wore had a definite purpose and suited the job well. ?Their usual gear consisted of a bridle, saddle, rawhide lariat, spurs, boots, heavy leather chaps, hat, tarp, buffalo robe, and blankets? (The Cowboys). He also had a woolen or cotton shirt, tight woolen pants and handkerchief. All of the clothing accessories were chosen for their usefulness. For example, ?A high-crowned, broad-brimmed felt hat, the sombrero, shielded him from the sun and rain. His soft-legged boots had high heels set far under the instep to hold his ankle clear of the heavy stirrup? (?Cowboy?). His handkerchief protected his face by shielding it from the sun and preventing dust from entering his mouth. The tight pants were worn for a reason; they protected his legs from brush and insects (?Cowboys?). The things a cowboy wore were essential to life and they always used these things. A cowboy?s job mainly involved the rounding up of cattle and driving the cattle to the destinations designated by the ranch owner. The first drives were short; they went over safe routes to locations in Texas and Louisiana (Java Script). Before moving the cattle, cowboys had to make sure that they were moving the right cattle from the herd. Cattle were branded to tell them apart from the others. The branding was done by having an expert roper catch the cattle by the

2.   D&Y wonders whether the percentage of time on the road might influence who stays and who leaves.