Cowboy Trail

Grant Horn
4th Grade Social Studies
Cowboy Journal
January 16, 2012

journeying along the Shawnee Trail

My buddies and I were tired of not making any(prenominal) gold with the thought of inventing the television. We finally decided that spending money on this invention was an ignorant idea. Fud, my friend, heard that these 3-month cowboy oxen drives were quick and easy money. We got this cowboy job from my Uncle Robert who supplied horses, clothes, the covered water ouzel with cook, and 300 head of oxen. Uncle Robert lived in Dallas, so we had to walk from Waco to Dallas. It took some a month, plus one week of cowboy training. We and then were told that each of us would get paid $5 a month.

Its June of 1840, the hottest time of the year, we rounded up the cattle and headed to Kansas City. on the way, the first week thunderstorms hit and the cattle went crazy and started to stampede. by and by they finally stopped, the cattle laid down and went to sleep. We thought we got a good night sleep until we were awakened by the cattle rustlers. They didnt steal any cattle, but three were neer found. Dave, my other buddy managed to run over them with the wagon.

Everything seemed to be de classifyure just fine until we crossed the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma.



after we made it safely across, we realized that all the food was serve out of the wagon. I decided to kill one of the awe for survival. This longhorn was lugging behind and holding us back, so it was the better choice. We were able to get enough water from the Red River.

later the Red River incident we were back on track. During the first part of July, our cook, Phillip, was attacked by the Comanche Indians. The Indians tried to sneak in the back of the wagon and steal all of our meat. Phillip turned around and smack them dead.

erstwhile we got low on food, we had the opportunity to shoot and kill wildlife. I was wondering off with one of the loose cows and shot a mountain lion. Fud was able...If you want to get a expert essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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