# Endnotes explained — Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp

> Chapter companion for Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John A. Lomax.

## What happens

The chapter provides endnotes that clarify specific terms and references within the book, including pronunciation notes, cultural context about saloons and sheepherders, and editorial remarks about a halfbreed Indian poet's verses.

## Character check-ins

### Charles Badger Clark

Referenced in the endnote about a fragment not included in his poem.

## Key lines

> Pronounced by the natives “muggy-yones.”

The locals pronounce it as 'muggy-yones.'

_Clarifies the pronunciation of a term._

> Only such cowboys as are in desperate need of employment ever become sheepherders.

Only cowboys who are extremely desperate for work would take up sheepherding.

_Explains the stigma against sheepherding among cowboys._

> Fox is a halfbreed Indian who sent me a lot of verse. Although he had never heard of Walt Whitman, these stanzas suggest that poet.

Fox, a halfbreed Indian, sent me many poems. Despite never knowing Walt Whitman, his verses resemble Whitman's style.

_Describes the origin and style of the verses._

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