| A | B |
|---|
| enchantress | a woman who casts spells |
| prairie | a meadow of grasses with no trees |
| tombstones | a carved stone to mark a grave |
| scroll | rod with paper with writing rolled on it |
| stagecoach | a carriage on wheels pulled by horses that travels from town to town |
| passengers | a person who is traveling in a coach, etc |
| ghost town | a town that all the people have left |
| tumbleweeds | a dead plant gets blown around |
| rattle | a clattering,noisy sound |
| general store | a shop that sells a bit of everything |
| flat | level and smooth |
| unpaved | not covered in asphalt or cement |
| hinge | the joint a door swings on |
| spurs | a sharp blade on the back of a boot to hurry up a horse |
| scorpions | a desert spider with a poisonous tail stinger |
| stiff | cannot be bent easily |
| hobble | to walk with a limp |
| hotel | a large building with many rooms for travelers to sleep |
| player piano | a piano that plays without a person |
| pedals | a lever pressed with the foot |
| automatically | done by a machine |
| hooves | horse "feet" |
| whinny | the sound a horse makes |
| mane | the long hair along the neck of a horse |
| colt | a male baby horse |
| mustangs | wild horses |
| descendants | a person who is the child or grandchild, etc of another |
| breaking a horse | training a horse to let someone ride it |
| mare | female mother horse |
| distress | a feeling of worry or difficulty |
| rustlers | horse or cattle thieves |
| nickname | a name given to a person that is not his real name |
| bond | a feeling of trust and love between 2 |
| slim | skinny |
| "have a knack" | is good at doing something |
| whoa | cowboy's word for "stop" |
| "split the wind" | go fast |
| moonlit | dim light provided by the moon at night |
| reins | the straps on a horse used to guide the horse |
| saddle | a leather "seat" on a horse |
| saddlehorn | part of a saddle that sticks up to hold onto |
| canyon | a valley with high, steep sides surrounded by mountains |
| saddlebags | leather packs that attach behind a saddle |
| gal | slang for "girl" or "girlfriend" |
| loco | crazy |
| coyote | a wolf-like dog |
| canteen | a "water bottle" made of tin |
| "free as the wind" | no one owns it; can go anywhere it wants |
| echo | sound bouncing back |
| dedication | a "thank-you" message by the author in the front of a book |
