| A | B |
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| vaquero | spanish word for cowhand, or cowboy |
| cow town | settlement at the end of a cattle trail |
| open range | unfenced land |
| cattle drive | the herding and moving of cattle over long distances |
| subsidies | grants of land or money |
| Comstock Lode | huge vein of gold and silver located by two Irish prospectors in the Sierra Nevada mountains |
| vigilantes | self-appointed law keepers |
| reservation | land set aside for Native Americans to live on |
| transcontinental railroad | a railroad line that spanned the continent |
| Wounded Knee | site of the battle that brought an end to the era of Indian wars |
| cattle kingdom | region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns |
| tepees | cone-shaped tents made of buffalo skins |
