380 WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



A FEW DEFINITIONS. 



Following is a list of definitions of words and expressions 

 in common use among stockmen: 



Arroyo. (Spanish). Small dry wash, small river. Used In the 



Southwest generally to designate a dry wash. 

 Baldy, Bald-Faced. Horse with a white face. 

 Bed Ground. The place where a herd is held for the night. 

 Big Jaws. Animals showing signs of the disease known as lump 



jaw or big jaw (actinomycosis). Dogies, dwarfs, swaybacks 



and big jaws are generally mentioned in all steer-buying 



contracts as not to be received by the purchaser and not 



to be considered as part of the percentage of cut allowed 



the buyer. 

 Bog Riders. Men whose duties are to ride the ranges in the 



spring and look out for weak cows that get into mud holes 



and have not sufficient strength to get out again. 

 Broken-Mouthed. Applied to a ewe or sheep which after reaching 



the age of seven generally loses some of the front teeth; 



an old sheep. 



Bronco. Wild horse; any unbroken horse. 

 Bronco Buster, Bronco Twister. A man hired to break bronco 



horses. 

 Buckaroo. Southern California corruption of Spanish word 



"vaquero," cowboy. 

 Bucking Up. Placing the bucks with the ewes. A band of sheep 



is sold "bucked up" to lamb on certain dates. 

 Caballado. (Cah-val-ya-do). Tae horse herd. 

 Camp Tender, Camp Rustler. A man who accompanies the sheep 



herd, looks after the packs, locates camp and relieves the 



herder from such matters. 



Cantiuas. A pair of saddle bags that hang over the saddle horn. 

 Caporal. (Cap-o-ral.) The foreman in charge of a sheep outfit. 

 Cavvyard, Cavvy. (Spanish). A bunch of horses. 

 Chamisal. (Cha-me-sal.) Applied by Mexican sheep-herders to 



a range where the majority of the feed is browse and 



weeds. 

 Chaparajoes, Chaps. (Shaps.) Leather covers for the legs when 



riding in brush. From Spanish chaparral, thick brush. 



Properly pronounced chap-ar-rer-as. 



Chupo, Chapo. (Spanish.) A short-coupled chunky-built horse. 

 Cienaga. (Se-en-ega.) From the Spanish cien, meaning hundred, 



and agua, meaning water. A wet, swampy place with many 



springs. 

 Cooney. A raw hide slung under the rear axle and reach of the 



chuck wagon in which the cook carries his iron dutch-ovens 



and other heavy utensils. Often the brands are carried in 



it also. 



