Crow Victory Dance

[Portrait of Cheyenne man wearing medallion and flowers] Little Chief or Magpie Egle Feathers

[Portrait of Cheyenne man wearing medallion and flowers] Little Chief or Magpie Eagle Feathers

Chief Quanah Parker, Famous Half-breed Comanche Indian, with Three of His Eight wives, Saying Goodbye After a Visit to the Matador Ranch. Matador Ranch, Texas.

Two sets of flankers and branders working with hot iron, while two cowboys mounted cut out more calves for branding. Teamwork such as this will work a herd very fast. JA Ranch, Texas.

Marcus-Instant Cultural Vision-Chromatic Optometry, Los Angeles, California

Red-Tailed Hawk, Hawk Watch International, Goshute Mountains, Nevada

Snow Figure, North Shore, MA

Dave Carter, old time Spur cowpuncher, riding "Butterbean" while the herd of the last roundup on the old Espuela (Spur) Land and Cattle Company stop at a watering place. SMS Ranch, Texas.

"A horse down and a saddle off" in a remuda (band of horses) where the cowpunchers are releasing their mounts for the day. These are cow horses of proven type. Shoe Bar Range, Texas.

"Pink" Murray, famous wagon boss of the OR ranch near Hereford, Arizona, rolls his own cigarette while mounted on his favorite white horse. OR Range, Arizona.

Flanking a yearling down for branding or doctoring on the edge of the herd. This is very strenuous work as a yearling is a heavier animal than a calf and more difficult to manage. Matador Ranch, Texas.

The drag of an OR herd of cattle just crossing the border between Arizona and Old Mexico. The Greene Cattle Company had holdings both in Arizona and Old Mexico, with headquarters in Hereford, Arizona. OR Ranch, Arizona.

Cattle of the OR Ranch grazing with the Huachuca Mountains in the background. The OR and RO Ranches were owned by the Greene Cattle Company, with holdings in Southern Arizona and Sonora, Old Mexico. OR Ranch, Arizona.

A family group sitting in the shade of a tree behind their covered wagon, which has a chuck box and working table arrangement at the rear [on the Three Block Range, New Mexico]

George Pattullo (left), writer and cowboy from Boston, and Harry Campbell, Matador cowboy, saddle up in front of the line camp that served as original headquarters for the Matador outfit. Matador Ranch, Texas.

Tame herd of buffalo maintained by Charles Goodnight in an attempt to preserve the species for posterity. Charles Goodnight was originally associated with John Adair in the early days. Goodnight Ranch, Texas.

Trail herd coming through an arroyo going to the railroad at Lubbock, Texas, the nearest shipping point about 100 miles from the ranch. Matador Range, Texas.

Branding calves on the Spur range. A set of flankers and branders at work with the hot iron while cutting horses busily weed out the unbranded ones. Matador Ranch, Texas.

A Matador remuda on the move; these are work horses that have been ridden on the range for over a month and make every step count on the trail with little or no horse play. Matador Ranch, Texas.