William Henry Jackson
December 8, 1866
For inexperienced bullwhackers, yoking oxen could be a difficult chore. Jackson described the process in his diary, "After half an hour’s chasing through the mass after a wild fellow, you corner him and manage to fasten the bow by working very carefully - some other steer, having a grudge probably against the one you are gently urging up to the wagon wheel to fasten - gives him a punch in the ribs with his horns and sends him "kiting" into the herd."
Pencil on medium stock paper. H 14.1, W 22 cm
Scotts Bluff National Monument, SCBL 50