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vocabulary. Drover- Someone who moves livestock to stores Mustang- A wild horse Quarantine- To cut off an are to prevent the spread of a disease Dragoons- Calvary Guerrilla- fighters especially untrained who use primitive tactics to combat other forces. Remuda - extra horses
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vocabulary • Drover- Someone who moves livestock to stores • Mustang- A wild horse • Quarantine- To cut off an are to prevent the spread of a disease • Dragoons- Calvary • Guerrilla- fighters especially untrained who use primitive tactics to combat other forces. • Remuda- extra horses • Treaty- an agreement between two parties • Lariats- a lasso • Extinction- the complete obliteration of a race • Desperadoes- Brave often desperate criminals • Felony- A crime that leads to time in prison. • Vaqueros- cowboy in spanish • Enclosure- A fenced in area for livestock.
Vocabulary • Sharecropper- someone who tends another's land in return for a share of the crop. • Commercial Agriculture- harvesting crops to sell in markets • Subsistence Agriculture- producing only enough crop to meet basic needs. • Immigrant- settlers from another nation • Expansion- the act of expanding