beaming
(ADJECTIVE) pleased and proud
corral
(VERB) to gather together and confine
yearnings
(NOUN) wanting badly, longing for
dismounting
(VERB) get off something that one is riding
livestock
(NOUN) domesticated animals that are raised to be used on a farm or ranch or to be sold for profit
mudflats
(NOUN) develop in sheltered areas of the coast where the outgoing tidal currents are slow and leave behind a residue of organic material
mare
(NOUN) a female horse
postpone
(VERB) put off until later
foreman
(NOUN) The head man.
rustlers
(NOUN) Someone who actively steals cattle
homestead
(NOUN) This act, passed in 1862, gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years.
cowhands
(NOUN) men who herded cattle hundreds of miles from southern Texas to the RR lines up north in Kansas and Nebraska.
lariat
(NOUN) rope used to catch cattle and horses
pier
(NOUN) a structure that goes out from a shore into the water
castrating
(VERB) The neutering of a male animal
