Chapter 8 Vocabulary Review

A beginner

• outfit

• greenhorn

• maverick

• forage

Unidentified (unmarked calves) that have wandered away from their mothers

• outfits

• greenhorns

• mavericks

• forages

Ranching operation

• outfit

• greenhorn

• maverick

• forage

Animal food for grazing

• outfit

• greenhorn

• maverick

• forage

Board of Stock Commissioners

• group that invented barbed wire

• group that owned Grasshopper Creek

• group of famous cowboy artists

• group created to enforce branding and other laws of the open range

This person ranched on the Yellowstone River with her husband, photographed ranching life and the Montana landscape

• John Henry Dover

• Evelyn Cameron

• Charlie Russell

• Nate Cooper

This person was a famous cowboy artist who was known as a good storyteller and a great painter

• Charlie Russell

• Evelyn Cameron

• Nate Cooper

• John Henry Dover

Treaty

• A beginner

• An agreement between governments

• forage

• outfit

A cooperative effort to round up all the cattle in a region, sort them out, brand the new calves, and trail each herd back to its home range

• Outfit

• Treaty

• Greenhorn

• Roundup

Rounding up horses or cattle for thievery (that still happens today)

• Outfit

• Rustling

• Greenhorn

• Vaquero