FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Sammy Swenson "King of the Night Hawks"

In a round-up outfit, the "Night Hawk" was the rider who herded the Remuda at night.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Cowhide Gal

One spring way early I rode up North stopped about noon at a place, just new built, you could see that for sure.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

King of the "Wolfers"

West of "The Big Muddy" in the days of few people, and less fences, where many big cow out-fits, and also many grey wolves.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Gathering Saddle Horses

Gathering saddle horses was an April chore, for Reservation cow-boys in the days of yore.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

48

Herbert N. Handley

Spurs and Bits/Boots and Saddles

A cow-hand just had to have a saddle, he could get along without boots, some of them did for awhile, in a pinch.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

"Henry kertzman": A Cow Boy of the '90s

Spring of 1901 at Leslie up North on Cheyenne River, the Leslie Pool held a meeting, as usual.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Yak

He was an Indian cowboy, far from his Home Range.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

56

Herbert N. Handley

Again for a Day

Make us Lakota again for a day?Let's go to Eagle Butte, for the "Umpata Washtay."

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Boots - Size Two and a Half

Well, this Kid came up from Texas, one May.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

57

Herbert N. Handley

The Blow Bag

Every town has got one?A bragging Son of a Gun.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

58

Herbert N. Handley

August Safken and His Lost Saddle

August Safken was a West River cowboy in Range Days.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Lee Saddles and Their Makers

"E.C. Lee -- maker -- Pierre S. Dakota."

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Big Outfits

The West River Country furnished "free range" pasturage for many big outfits.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

66

Herbert N. Handley

The NSS Song

Narcisse is the main push; Lyman is the foreman.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Old Cook

There was a man, named Henry Nightengale, that worked for the L Seven, the last two years they operated in Dakota.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Cowboy Nicknames

A young fellow was foreman of an outfit in Montana, he had a German name.

Old Hands and Old Brands

Frances Fitch

FC 11 H-05

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Herbert N. Handley

Cowhands I Have Known or Know Of

A list of cowboy's actual names.

Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories

FC 11 H-27

Pam Houston

Girl on a Pony

FC 11 H-28

Laverne Hanners

The Bra

FC 11 H-29

Bill Hirschi

Where the Wind Lives: Poems from the Great Basin

FC 11 H-31

1

Linda Hussa

Spring

Can it be -- In one night ground frost melts away?

Where the Wind Lives: Poems from the Great Basin

FC 11 H-31

2

Linda Hussa

I Am Rain

I am born among the vapor of wind.

Where the Wind Lives: Poems from the Great Basin

FC 11 H-31

3

Linda Hussa

Lifeguard in the Straw

What did I do?

Where the Wind Lives: Poems from the Great Basin

FC 11 H-31

4

Linda Hussa

Orchard in Spring - I

Her garden listens.

Where the Wind Lives: Poems from the Great Basin

FC 11 H-31

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Linda Hussa

Orchard in Spring - II

Her garden looked up through branches of cottonwoods.