Squinting
To look with eyes partially closed; peek.
Buckskin
The skin of a deer or male deer - a buck.
Juniper
A shrub or land that has the genus of junipirus.
Ingrained
Planted and firmly established.
Arroyo
A stream of a brook that is usually dry unless of floods.
Foliage
Trees, plants, shrubs and general greenery.
Gaunt
Thin and malnourished; underweight.
Moccasin
Soft leather shoes often associated with Native American culture.
Spasmodically
Irregular and unsteady.
Hardtack
A hard, saltless biscuit that was formally used as rations for soldiers and sailors.
Coyote
A prairie wolf, native to North America.
Indentations
Marks or imprints.
Backtrailed
To retrace your steps.
Squaw
Used to describe a female American Indian.
Sparse
Thin and distributed.
Ranch
An area of land used to read farm animals.
Fatigue
Weariness; exhaustion; tiredness.
Holster
A covering (like a sheath) that can be tied to a saddle.
Corral
A part of land where farm animals are kept.
Mustang
A breed of horse from the American plains, originating from Spain.
Girth
The distance around the middle of an object, typically a person.
