Cowboy Scavenger Hunt Bingo
Using your packet and Chapters17-18 in the textbook (pages 390 – 417), try to answer the following questions. You must also include page # for each question. The first team to get 5 squares in a row will win!
I was the first to bring cattle to America. / I resulted from mixing the Spanish and Anglo-American breeds of cattle. / I am a disease that was transmitted by ticks to the cattle. / I was the agreement that many Plains Indians did not sign because I asked that they move to reservations. / I was the first destination of many cattle drives after the Civil War because railroads did not travel further west.I am the distance that many cattle drives would travel on an average day. / We were African American soldiers protecting the west Texas plains. The Native Americans gave us our nickname as a show of respect. / I was invented by Charles Goodnight, and held all of the food on the cattle drives. / Our cattle drive brought cattle to markets and ranches in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. / I was the last leader of the Comanche. My mother was an Anglo American who was kidnapped as a child.
I am the Army Colonel that led many campaigns against the Indians. I was known for being brutal, and killing women and children. / I am the only part of the buffalo that the white hunters cared about. / I was used so that ranchers would know I belonged to them. / I am the herd of spare horses on the cattle drive. / I was the amount of money that cattle could be sold for in the Northeast.
I am a famous Kiowa chief that insisted West Texas belong to the Kiowa and Comanche. I was arrested and imprisoned in Huntsville Prison. / Though most literature portrays only white cowboys, we made up 1/6th of all cowhands. / I was usually young, single and poor, but some of use made extra money performing at rodeos. / I was invented and led to the end of the open range of the cattle industry. Some people called me “the devil’s rope.” / I the origin and most popular image of the American Cowboy. In English, my term is cowhand.
I am the state previously known as the Indian Territory. / I was the time of year that most cattle drives began because the grass was most plentiful. / I am the most famous ranch in Southern Texas. My famous brand can now be seen on some Ford F-150 trucks. / I am the man on the cattle drive that rode at the back of the herd, often getting a face full of dust all day. / I am the most popular cattle trail that past by Austin, Waco, Fort Worth, then into Abilene, Kansas.