Rex+Bell

= //**Welcome to my Journal/Memoir about "The Wild, Wild, West"**// =

**__JOURNAL ENTRIES__**
August 18, 1878 Today, my partners and I went wrangling. It was some mighty fine wrangling jobs we did. But, it was so hot out. My hat was sweaty. So was I.

August 19, 1878 My job was the cook. I had a hard time packing up the food. But, my bread turned out great! Hope my partners like it.

August 21, 1878 Hard working day as a cowboy. The cattle were really traveling today. We came into a river and I had to cross it. I lost my hat in the river.

__BOSS__
They brand cattle and calves. They use hot iron to burn an imprint into the cows skin.

__**COOK**__
They used chuck wagons to carry the food that the cooks make for the cowboys.Before the chuck wagon was invented, they used leather or cloth sacks and slang it over the horse or hooked it to their saddle. The cooks often made bread because it was cheap.

__**WRANGLER**__
They use lariats. Lariats are long ropes that you slip through a honda, or eyelet. It is like a lasso. I think they must wrangle bulls or longhorns.

Tall Tale:
One hot day a young cowboy who was usually made fun of was a hero. Let me tell you his story.

Coyote Colt was a young cowboy who looked as if he were raised by coyoties. He was made fun of for looking this way. They said he was as hairy as a gorilla. This was the day Coyote Colt was on his first cattle drive along with Red Ryder, Clint Walker, and Old Pete. They were in the middle of nowhere when a pack of wild cattle and hungry longhorns came running at them. They started to attack Red Ryder. He was flung onto the hard ground, the longhorns pierced Red Ryder. He lost his legs by trying to run, but the cattle stampeded over them. Then the horn of a longhorn stabbed his arm and stomach. His belly button popped out! His arm fell off! They were chasing Clint Walker when Coyote Colt jumped out and scared the cattle. They all went running with the longhorns....

__**COWBOY**__
They do the cattle drives. Some work at ranches. They use hats to block the sun. They ride horses. They ate food from the chuck wagon. They camped at night and had to keep the cattle safe. They sometimes died in this process. They had some hard times and they needed to know how to deal with it.