Jimmy+Jack

=//**Welcome to my Journal/Memoir about "The Wild, Wild, West"**//= =**__My Journal Entries__**= October 13, 1889 Today, I got my first "John B" hat. I used it as a water bucket for my horse. I have a feeling that he does not like the taste of my hair sweat! I haven't taken a bath for 2 weeks. I'm gettin' tired of cowboy coffee. Oh, well tomorrow is 'anoter day.

October 14, 1889 Today, I chased a coyote away. I can't wait till I get some chuck wagon stew. But, it's not as good as my wife's cookin', thought. She sent me a bandanna, it's very absorbent. I used it today when Sally (my horse) when she got skittish. I blindfolded her to calm her down. Well, it's time for my chuck wagon stew. YE-HA! Well, bye.

October 15,1889 Today was freezing! I tried to use the cookin' fire to warm my hands. But, when thecook saw me he flipped out. I wished that I could stay in bed all day. When I got home fromcheckin' the cattle, I relized that my leg had a huge cut on it. So, I got the bandanna my wife gave me, and cleaned it off and covered it. I think I'm goin' to get some food for me. SEE- YA!

October 16, 1889 I just finnished my food. It was very filling. My stomach is warm, too. Tonight is sort of breezy but, it is nice. Today nothing really happened because the cows were all sleeping. Everyone is sleeping right now to, besides Rex Bell and me. We are good buds. Oh, nevermind he fell asleep. Now I am the only one awake. I'm really tired right now so... Good night.

=__**Cowboy**__= The cowboys wear second-hand clothes and everything they can find. They usally wear a cowboy hat, bandanna, simple shirts made out of linen, cotten, or wool. They really just wear pants made out of wool. Their shirts have pockets on them for small elements they needed. They also wore chaps to protect themself from brush. And sometimes they wore vests. So, most cowboy movies when you see them in their suit jackets remember, that they never, EVER ( well almost all of the time) WEAR SUIT JACKETS!

=__**Cook**__= The cook is the one who makes the meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He is also the doctor, dentist,and barber. He does everything that cowboys need. The cooks nickname is the "Cookie". The cook must buy enough food for many months. The chuck wagon was to keep the food safe, and to have a place for it. The cook would put all of the suplise that he would need for each day inside of the wagon so that nobody would take it. The cook would prepare foods that did not need a lot of refrigeration, such as beans, biscuts, dried fruit, and coffe is mostly what they ate. For a refreshing drink the would give out canned tomatoes. They ate it, and drank it.

=__Boss__= The bosses job was to, keep the peace between all of the cowboys. It was also to find water, grass, and a good trail for the animals. He also had to keep the horses and cowboys feed. The 2 last things he would do is handle the money to buy the suplise. And was responsible for the whole entire opperation on the trail.

=Wrangler=

The wrangler starts to work when he is a young boy. He tries to learn the ways of the cowhand. His job is to, care for the horses and tie them up until the cowboy was ready to ride. Usally a wrangler grows up to be a cowboy.

__**Tall Tale**__

Once a long, long, long time ago there was born a small hero. He was as big as a normal kid, but was as fast as light. They called him Clint "Walker". They really don't know what his real last name was. The name caught on when Clint ran in a race. They thought that he should be more careful when he runs. So, his nickname is "Walker". One day Clint was walking in the forest. What was that?!" Clint said. Then he heard it again. This time it sounded like shouts from the water. The thing he didn't get was, the water is 4 miles away. So Clint ran as fast as he could ( which was about 400 MPH). He got there in about 3 seconds. It was coming from the water. His friend drove his chuck wagon into the water. It was an awful sight. The coffe was every where in the water. An ox was drowned. And Clint didn't know what to do. So he ran all the way back to town and asked for every one to follow him. They actually did follow him.He had to keep at there pace. The finally got there. They all grabbed a hold of the wagon and pulled. The wagon came out and the had a funeral for their ox, Red Ryder. THE END!!

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