Black Cowboys Book Report

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In popular cultural and historical accounts, cowboys on the western frontier were deemed rugged individuals who were valiant and tamed the west; and they are always depicted as white. In truth, cowboys came from many cultures, including Mexicans and African Americans, striving to create their place in society after the Civil War. The historical erasure of Black cowboys in literature and film was caused by promoters selling the myth of the white heroic cowboy during the golden age of film. During early cinema production, Americans were enthralled with the robust Western heroes deemed cowboys portrayed by actors like John Wayne and Roy Rogers. A majority of these cowboys were bearded white men who were a little dirty from their previous gunfights, …show more content…
On Dick’s (Nat Love) first journey they were attacked while passing through Native American territory with one of his new comrades dying. Attacks were a common occurrence for anyone traversing the Native American territory, expected from the mistreatment and shrinkage of their territory. Dick writes about himself being in situations where he and the Native Americans had intense shootouts. Nat Love’s work in his autobiography delivers like modern cowboy movies, full of thrill and danger. The cowboys round the cattle by branding and herding them through the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. Love writes about traversing trail drives to Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota while crossing New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. Often multiple cattle would stray from the herds, resulting in one of the cowboys being left to fetch the cow. Although it was not a common occurrence, at times thieves did try to steal or lead cattle away from the herd. Different cowboys would often have disputes on whose cattle belonged to whom, leading to shooting troubles where “the man who was quickest on the draw” wins, like depictions in Western …show more content…
Bass Reeves was a Western deputy born to an enslaved mother in July 1838, in Crawford County, Arkansas. In 1846 his master moved to Grayson County, Texas where he was a blacksmith's apprentice. Soon after he became a manservant to George Reeves, the son of his master, following him into many battles during the Civil War. During then he claimed to have fought in three large historical battles, but only one has actually been confirmed being the Confederate loss at Pea Ridge. Shortly after this battle Reeves apparently got into an altercation with Colonel George Reeves over a game of cards, some people speculate it was a card game for his freedom, and terminated his working relations by punching him. Reeves had to flee north to Oklahoma, a Native American Territory, to escape from lynching. During his time spent there, he became fluent in many Native American Languages, including Muskogee. Some accounts place Bass Reeves in Union troops formed of previously enslaved and Native American people fighting Confederate aligning Native Americans. After the ratification of the 13th Amendment, Reeves proceeded to start a life in agriculture, having a farm near Van
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