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Journey
#1
So you're the new cowhand that Teddy sent to ride with me? Well,
you look like you can put in a full day's work. What? You have
never ridden on a trail drive before! Well, are you in for a
grand adventure! I'm the trail boss of this here outfit, and
I aim to teach you all about trail drives and everything else
I can think of about the Old West. Are you ready to begin, buckaroo?
Okay then, we are going to take these Texas cattle on up the
Chisholm Trail out of Texas, through Oklahoma, and over to Kansas.
Can you tell me what kind of cattle this is that we are driving
up to Kansas?
Clue #1
Now, if y'all get all the camp chores done before dark, I can
tell
you a bit about those cattle and the Chisholm Trail.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: A
Journey
#2
Okay, young cowpunchers, y'all is goin' to need to learn some
cowboy songs in order to serenade these ornery, feisty cows.
I don't know why, but they get just as gentle as a newborn lamb
when they hear a cowboy sing. Can y'all tell me the names of
five cowboy folk songs?
Clue #2
Alright, alrighty, so you don't know any cowboy songs yet. Calm
down now! We'll just saunter over to Teddy's Bunkhouse and set a spell. He'll
teach y'all the cowboy songs that he knows.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: I
Journey
#3
Well done, buckaroos! That
was an excellent job drivin' those ornery beasts up here to Kansas.
The Lord must see how hard y'all worked, because I was able to
line up another job for us. We are going to be bullwhackers for
the wagon train going west on the Overland Trail. A bullwhacker
is a driver of the heavy freight wagon trains, pulled by oxen,
that carried goods west, mostly to forts and other outposts.
Now then, speaking of bullwhackers, do you know the real name
and the nickname of a famous person here in the Old West who
at one time was also a wagon train bullwhacker, and a buffalo
hunter for the railroad in 1867? He later ran the Wild West show
that featured Annie Oakley.
Clue #3
So, whippersnapper, my
horse Dash tells me that you have been takin' excellent care
of the horses. Out here in the West, a man's horse is often his
best friend, so for your hard work, I'll tell you a clue. To
find out all about this particular bullwhacker, go on over to
that school house over thar, and ask the school master. He knows all about
him.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: L
Journey
#4
Well, young'un, you have
made it this far, and that is quite a feat. The Old West is full
of dangers and pitfalls. Watch out for that rattlesnake!!! Ah,
thank goodness, my faithful buddy Sidewinder Sam got it before
it struck. Like I said, it is very dangerous out here; be sure
and pray to our Lord and King for safety and protection. We got
a fair amount of money for bullwhacking on that wagon train,
now let's go have some fun and try our hand working on the Pony
Express.
Clue #4
Now y'all know all about
the Pony Express don't you? Can you sharp young buckaroos tell
me how many days it took for mail to travel from Missouri to
California via the Pony Express?
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: Y
Journey
#5
Ah, young wrangler, I am
mighty pleased with your steadfast work on the tasks that have
been given to you. Well done! We are going to stop here at the
Virginia Dale Stagecoach station for a bit. The Overland Trail
that we are on was established by Ben Holladay for his fleet
of stagecoaches that carried U.S. Mail and passengers from Kansas
to the Western states of California and Oregon. In Wyoming, it
rejoins with the Oregon Trail. These coaches, called Concord
Coaches by their manufacturer, were pulled by six horses and
considerable skill was required to handle this team and drive
the coach. Because the coaches often carried both money and gold,
and also some wealthy passengers, they were frequently held up
by gangs of outlaws such as the Clanton gang. Y'all had better
larn some stagecoach vocabulary before you dally on into the
station and make a right fool of yourselves. What does a jehu
do? And what does it mean when a driver is talking about the
ribbons? Also, what is a road agent?
Clue #5
Pipe down now! I know that
y'all are greenhorns and haven't ever been around stage coaches
before. After y'all have taken care of these tired and hungry
oxen, you'll find a clue over there in the barn.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: L
Journey
#6
Roll
out, roll out while she's hot!
Bacon in the pan, coffee in the
pot.
Get it while it's hot!
The sun is almost up, and we need to hitch the wagons and get
ready to hit the trail. We should hit our destination today.
We are carrying supplies to a fort that is on the Oregon Trail.
The fort was named after a legendary mountain man who discovered
the Great Salt Lake in Nevada and Yellowstone Park as well. He
was a wagon guide for years, guiding wagons across the Rocky
Mountains and over to California and Oregon; he spoke English,
French and Spanish and the languages of six different Indian
tribes. I tell you, he was so tough that he could share a plate
with a grizzly bear. Can y'all tell me the name of this talented
frontiersman?
Clue #6
Well, don't go pulling
on your neckerchief now. Sidewinder Sam and Dash have told me
that you are a good worker and a fine student, so I am going
to give a clue if you will jest hurry and get these
wagons hitched and moving.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: H
Journey #7
Well, we got the mail delivered
"rain or shine" but I am plain tuckered out. I don't
think I am up to another stint as a rider for the Pony Express,
so we are going to head back to Texas a bit more slowly via the
Santa Fe Trail through Arizona and New Mexico. There's a bunch
of wagon's getting ready to head out tomorrow, and we'll join
up with them. What? Why are there so many people heading back
east? Well, a few years back, in 1848, gold was discovered at
Sutter's Mill on the Coloma River in California. Thousands of
people, called 49er's came west to seek their fortune in the
gold fields. But by the time most of them of them got here, most
of the gold that was easy to find was already gone. Disappointed,
the miners packed their wagons and headed back east. That woman
over there told me that her family had seen the elephant's tail.
Can you tell me what this expression means?
Clue #7
Yes, that is a mighty curious
expression, and I know that you know there aren't any wild elephants
in California. There aren't any circus animals out here yet either.
Well, Dash is snickering under his breath because he knows the
answer! Well, if you hustle, you can head over there and ask
that woman
what she meant, but be sure and mind your manners.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: D
Journey
#8
Well done, buckaroos! We
are back in the Lone Star State once again. I heard that there
is a group of Texas Rangers camped just over in the next valley,
chasing down some no good, thievin' cattle rustlers. What? What's
that you say? You want to be a Ranger!!! Well, you've been a
mighty hard worker, you ride a horse well, and are a good shot.
I think that I can say that y'all make a fine Ranger. The Rangers
have been protecting the settlers and citizens in Texas since
way back in 1823. Since you plan on joining their honorable ranks,
can you tell me the name of the gun that the Rangers adopted
after Texas won its independence from Mexico that allowed them
to have a big advantage over the hostile Indians in the area.
Also, why was this gun so much better than the rifles they used
before?
Clue #8
Pssssst…..Dash wants
you to hop on, and he'll take you on over to the Ranger camp where you can find out all about
the chosen weapon of the Texas Rangers in the Old West.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: O
Okay buckaroos, here is
the final clue to the JUMBLE puzzle.
I was a good friend of Wyatt
Earp and his brothers, and I was involved in the shootout at
the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, between the Earp brothers
and the Clanton gang. My real first name was John Henry, but
nobody called me that. What was my last name?
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Expedition
#1
Okay, cowboys and cowgirls, welcome to the outfit. I'm your trail
boss, Coyote Caleb. As you all know this is a Christian outfit,
so make sure you bring along your Bible for it will be a great
comfort to you as we confront vermin such as horse thieves, cattle
rustlers, gamblers, cheats, and other disagreeable characters
who like to break God's Law. There's mighty little of the human
kind of law out on the range, and God's Word is often the only
Law there is to follow. I plan to teach you everything I know
about riding the range, handling horses and cattle, and the Old
West. We are going to start by driving this herd of Texas Longhorn
cattle up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas. We will stop for a spell
at the town that has sprung up on the trail near the river that
must be forded to cross over into Oklahoma. Now y'all look carefully
at your maps and tell me the name of this River that is between
Texas and Oklahoma, and the name of town on the Chisholm Trail
that is next to it. Also, we have been told that we can't bring
our cattle into Missouri, so we are going to skirt around to
Kansas instead. Can you mavericks tell me why Missourians passed
a law that made it illegal to drive Texas Longhorns through their
state.
Clue #1
Don't go twistin' your neckerchief now, if you don't know all
about the Chisholm Trail. You just need to saunter on over to
the chuck
wagon and cook will tell you all about it. Pssssst. Sidewinder
Sam wants to tell you to click on the box that says "On
the Trail" to find out about Longhorns and Missouri.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
W
Expedition
#2
Good job, guys and gals, we'll make vaqueros out y'all yet. Now
let's see. Oh yes'm, I want y'all to understand a little bit
about the life of a cowboy, and how the word came about to be
used in our language. Can you young whippersnappers tell me what
the word meant when it was first used in its modern usage in
the 1830s? Also, about how much money did a cowboy make per month
back in the 1860s?
Clue #2
Now, y'all keep one eye on me and two eyes on them cattle, and
I'll tell y'all about cowboys and their place in history. Come
on over here.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
A
Expedition #3
Listen up, guys and gals,
now that y'all have learned the fine points of handling a herd,
we are going to try something different. I have signed us up
to ride shotgun for a wagon train of emigrants heading west over
the Overland Trail. The wagon master has hired us to protect
the emigrants and their wagons from marauding Indian bands and
desperadoes such as the Musgrove Gang, a group of horse thieves
and cattle rustlers who have been known to prey on the wagon
trains on the Overland Trail. Get your gear in order, and we
will join up with them in Atchison, Kansas, at the beginning
of the Trail. Now Mavericks, pay attention, and tell me what
years the government of these United States declared that all
the emigrant traffic going west had to travel over the Overland
Trail? Also, why did the government make this decision?
Clue #3
If you haven't heard about
the story of the Overland Trail at your campfire yet, perhaps
you ought to meander
over and larn all about it.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
S
Expedition
#4
Well, y'all cowpunchers,
let us pray that we will not have any Indian troubles on this
journey. Here now, we are comin' up on the Virginia Dale stage
station. The Overland Trail was used as a stage line, developed
by Stage Line King, Ben Holladay. He bought the Line in 1862
and contracted with government to deliver mail to the west coast
using his stagecoaches and the Overland Trail. Previously, mail
to the west was really slow, as it had to be brought all the
way around the Cape of Good Hope in South America and up the
west coast by ship. Now, whippersnappers, can y'all tell me three
types of employees of the stage line and what they did?
Clue #4
Don't get yourself in a
pucker, young'uns, I know that y'all are cowpokes and not stagecoach
drivers, but if you want to answer this clue, perhaps y'all had
best run over there to the Station and ask Mr.
Holladay hisself.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
B
Expedition #5
Okay, you mavericks. Listen
up! I have word from the wagon master that the Doolin-Dalton
gang is on our trail. They will probably be upon us by nightfall.
Prepare for a battle, get your weapons ready and have your Colt
45 by your side at all times. The Doolin-Dalton gang is one of
the most notorious, evil gangs that plague the West. Bill Dalton,
who is one of the members, is the youngest and only surviving
member of the Dalton gang which terrorized the West from Kansas
to California. Now, can y'all tell me the names of Bill's older
brothers and what they were robbin' when they were finally brought
to justice, some to God's justice and some to man's? Now come
and let us pray for strength and courage for our upcoming battle
and trial of wits against these usurpers of God's Holy Word.
"Lord, we come before You today as humble people of the
prairie, asking for Your great providence and blessing over this
wagon train and all of its people. We ask that You hold strong
our resolve to fight courageously against any that rise up against
Thee and Thy Holy Writ. Amen."
Clue #5
Now, if y'all need a clue
about these vermin, the Daltons, you just need ride over here
within earshot of me, and I'll tell you all about them.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
E
Expedition
#6
O.K., Mavericks, the Wagon
Master just told us we are joining up with the Oregon Trail in
Fort Laramie. We'll need to keep a sharp eye out in Laramie,
my friends, for it is a major supply depot and all our wagon
folk will be stocking up there. And you know, wherever the settlers
stop, there's always plenty of those tricksters and outright
robbers who are willing to take advantage of good Christian folk.
Keep a special watch out for gamblers and pickpockets at the
Fort, and y'all that stay with the wagon be sure an' keep a lookout
for horse thieves and cattle rustlers. Now about this here Oregon
Trail --- it stretches from St. Louis, Missouri, all the way
to Oregon --- and there is also a southern branch cut-off that
goes to California. A Christian missionary couple were some of
the first white people to forge a wagon trail to Oregon. Can
you tenderfeet tell me the names of these missionaries and what
Indian tribe they were trying to evangelize?
Clue #6
Now I am sure that if y'all
head on over to the church to pray for our continued safety and well-being,
the kind missionary there can tell you all about these Oregon
folk and their story.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
E
Expedition
#7
Gather round, pardners,
and listen up! We are shortly going to be passing the California
gold fields. We are headed over to San Francisco
for some hard earned rest and recreation, but first we have to
get past these gold fields and their gold fever. People out here
are just plumb crazy about gold dust, and they'll do just about
anything they can to get their hands on some. Now you know, we
received this land from Mexico just in time for the gold rush
of 1849. Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California by
James Marshall on January 24, 1848. Now, can y'all tell me the
name of the treaty that signified the end of the war between
Mexico and the United States and officially gave the U.S. territory
what used to belong to Mexico, specifically Upper California,
New Mexico and Texas? And when was this treaty enacted?
Clue #7
Let's go try our hand at
a little panning in the river, and we can ask some of the miners
about that treaty. I am sure they know all about it.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
I
Expedition
#8
Ah, mavericks, here we
are at San Francisco at last. Before the railroad reached from
the Eastern seaboard to the Western seaboard, the West had a
hard time keeping up economically and socially with the more
sophisticated and better financed East. But after the coming
of the rails, the West with San Francisco at the lead, quickly
raced to catch up with New York and Philadelphia as a city of
eminence and economic power. What were the names of the two railway
systems that joined to
connect the East with the West and where did they drive in the
last spike connecting them?
Clue #8
What? Y'all haven't already
larned all about this highly important, historical event? Well,
let's go wash and get the dirt of the trail off of us, and then
I'll tell y'all all about it over dinner.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
M
Expedition #9
On our way back to Texas,
we are going to stop by Tombstone, Arizona, and see if we can
see what all happened at that historic gunfight at the
O.K. Corral. Now, y'all have probably heard the story about how
Wyatt Earp, and three of his brothers were pretty much providing
the "law" for
this western outpost, acting as Deputy Marshall and City Marshalls.
They were involved in curtailing cattle and horse rustling, stage
coach
robbery and keeping the peace. They came up against the McLaury
and Clanton ranching families in the area who were involved in
these
nefarious activities. It all came to head at that famous gunfight
at the O.K. Corral. However, we all know that there are two sides
to every story, and I have just heard that a cousin of Ike Clanton
is over there at the hotel, and willing to tell anyone who will
listen, his side of this fascinating story. After hearing what
he has to say, y'all come on back and tell me how many of the
McLaury-Clanton gang were armed, according to this Clanton cousin,
when they were shot down by the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday?
Clue #9
Now run on over to town,
and y'all can find this Clanton defender and cousin, over at
the Silver
Spur Hotel on Main Street.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter:
O
Expedition
#10
Well done, Mavericks, y'all
have worked hard learning the ropes for becoming a maverick cowhand
in the Old West. Let me tell you though, if
y'all plan on punchin' cows in Texas, you had better learn all
about the law in this here Lone Star State. The Texas Rangers
are the law in Texas, and they have a proud and illustrious history.
Can y'all tell me the name of the man who handled the development
of the settlements in Texas which was then a province of Mexico
in 1823. It was this man, for whom a city in Texas is named,
who formed the first patrols "to act as rangers for the
common defense." Also, can y'all tell me whether the
regiment of Texas rangers eventually became part of the Confederate
forces or part of the Union forces during the War Between the
States?
Clue #10
Ah, over there I see my
good buddy, Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong, who captured the
notorious, nefarious outlaw John Wesley Hardin. Let's sidle up
to his campfire and hear some stories about the Rangers.
Jumble Puzzle
Letter: J
Okay, Mavericks, here it
is:
I was born in Kentucky,
but lived most of my life in Texas. Some people say I was a reckless
adventurer, and maybe I was. I was in command of a volunteer
force in the Texas War for Indepedence from Mexico, and many
people feared the big knife that I always carried. I died at
the Battle of the Alamo.
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Hint: two
(2) words
Good luck to you all,
Coyote Caleb
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