TIPS TO THE TENDERFOOT 



LARIAT or LASSO — often called "rope" or "lass rope" made of 

 plaited rawhide or hemp with a small loop or an eye splice 

 shrunk over a brass honda at one end through which free end is 

 run, thus forming the noose. 



MOUNTING PONY EXPRESS— mounting to the saddle without 

 the aid of the stirrups. Consists in the rider grabbing the horn 

 of the saddle, starting his horse on a run, bounding two or 

 three times by his side and leaping over the cantle into the 

 seat. So called after the fashion of pony express riders in 

 mounting to save time. 



MUCK-A-MUCK — Cayuse Indian jargon for food. 



MUSTANG— see under horses. 



NESTLER — homesteader or squatter. 



OUTFIT — a term applying to the equipment of man, horse, group 

 of men, ranch or a large concern, or to the men, horses them- 

 selves and to the complement of a ranch or concern or any 

 group or part thereof. 



'ONERY — possibly an abbreviation for honorary, meaning mean, 

 untractable or worthless. 



PASSENGER — in stagecoach race the cowboys who ride to balance 

 coach to keep it from capsizing at the turns. 



PARD — pardner, partner. 



PERATHA— the band or herd of cattle rounded up for cutting out. 



PLUM CULTUS — expression meaning as bad as they make them, 

 cussed est ; cultus comes from the Indians. 



POSSE — band of men organized to run down a man or a small band 

 of men usually outlaws or thieves. 



QUIRT — see under saddle. 



RAN A BUTCHER SHOP AND GOT HIS CATTLE MIXED— stole 

 or rustled cattle and was found out. 



RED EYE or NOSE PAINT— whiskey. 



ROPE— see "lasso." 



ROPIN'— lassooing. 



ROUGH-RIDING— riding a bucking horse. 



SADDLE — western saddle, cowboy saddle, stock saddle. This saddle 

 is a distinct type comprising the following parts: 

 Tree — a frame of wood covered with rawhide. 

 Horn — formerly of wood, now of steel, covered with rawhide. 

 Fork — the front part of the tree and supports horn. 

 Gullet — curved portion of under side of the fork. 

 Cantle — raised back of the saddle seat. 

 Side Jockeys — leather side extensions of seat. 



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