Yeah, I knew cowboys who stayed out on the range who couldnt read. But they could keep track of 1000 head of cattle. Keep them healthy and alive. Confront predators, rustlers and drunks. Live half off the land. Tjey know no other way. One guy we took to calling dundee because we found out he had never in his life eaten in a restaurant. Church supper was the closest he ever had. I knew he couldn't read or write when I took a call to fight at a ranch rodeo on a Friday night. When I got their I found out dundee witnessed a big older rough cowboy and a more refined cowboy had come to blows. So dundee needed me to write his statement. As follows "Bob and ol Pete there were having a mouth fight when old Pete put his Bear paws on Bob. Then Bob was pissed and Jawed ol Pete with his left and ol Pete dropped like shit from a cows ass".
Yeah, I knew cowboys who stayed out on the range who couldnt read. But they could keep track of 1000 head of cattle. Keep them healthy and alive. Confront predators, rustlers and drunks. Live half off the land. Tjey know no other way. One guy we took to calling dundee because we found out he had never in his life eaten in a restaurant. Church supper was the closest he ever had. I knew he couldn't read or write when I took a call to fight at a ranch rodeo on a Friday night. When I got their I found out dundee witnessed a big older rough cowboy and a more refined cowboy had come to blows. So dundee needed me to write his statement. As follows "Bob and ol Pete there were having a mouth fight when old Pete put his Bear paws on Bob. Then Bob was pissed and Jawed ol Pete with his left and ol Pete dropped like shit from a cows ass".
That's what went to the prosecutor lol.