Buzz+Barton

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

=__Journal Entries__= Today I lost my hat. My first horse tired out quickly. I'm sweating and it's hard to see without my hat. The next ranch is 50 miles away. I don't have much money but I really need a hat. Aug. 28,1878

Today I got a new hat. It cost a lot of money. My shirt is torn and I'm getting sunburn. I ain't gonna make enough money to get a new one.I need a shirt for winter. The dust storms are very painful on my skin. Aug.29,1878

Johnny Midnight loaned me a shirt. It's a little big but it works. My horse is deprived of food becouse of loss of grass.Aug.30,1878 =__A Cowboy__= Clothing: Hats: The shape of the hat is from the Mexican sombrero. The brim kept rain and sun off the cowboys face. They were also used to drink out of, fan fires,and also pillows. They are made out of Beaver felt. Kerchief: They were worn around the neck and knotted in the back. It can be used as a mask during a sandstorm, to keep sunburn off their neck,as a sling, bandage, or taniquet for a snakebite. Shirts: Sample shirts made out of linen,cotten,or wool

=__A Boss__= A boss brands cattle. To Brand you use a hot iron pole to burn/brand the cow. Branding tells cowboys whose cow is whose. =__A Wrangler__=


 * A wrangler is usually a young boy works as an apprentice to learn the ways of a cowhand. His primary responsibility was to take care of the horses.**

=Tall Tale= ===A long time ago in a land far far away... Little Joe was born, he was as small as a flea. He teethed on horseshoes. Even though he is small he is very strong. He moved his house 5000yards away from the overflowing river. His friend was arrested for trespassing on his own property. Nine years later he went to the jail. Now he is as big as a mouse on steroids. He is committed to breaking his best friend out of jail. He saw the key, but a mouse took it into his hole. Little Joe now was very mad. He ran to the hole and beat the mouse up. He then handed the key to his friend...===