1. Flatlanders- Settlers. People who live in the valleys and Pairies
2. Shin'in Time- The best of times
3. Parkeaters- The worst insult amountain man can say to you. Pork is not a food of the mountains it is the food of the towns and settlements. It represents UGH! Civilizations. The thing a free roaming mountain man most hates.
4. Neds- An old term referring to pigs, but since onof the food stays of the U.S. Army was pork the name was also given to them. The term grew to include anyone connected to the government
. 5. Bobbled the Buffaloe Chip-Making a mistake
6. Pelt- The skin fo a fur bearing animal
7. Green Frog Pelt- Money
8. Waugh!- The war cry of the Grizzly Bear, used a s a term of astonishment. Waugh! He must have been 10 feet tall.
9. Sinew- The fiberous muscle covering found backs and legs of animals. Used a sewing thread.
10. Putrified Forrest- A place where all the trees have turned to stone. Like that place in Arizona.
11. Putrified Dinosaur Sinew- A wire fense, possibly made from the sinew of putrified animal in the putrified forest.
12. Own Yer Own Hook-To do things by yerself.
13. Hair of the Bear- If a man is said to have the Hair of the Bear, he is brave, tough, and does not flintch from pain, danger,or hardship but takes it all in stride, without complaint.
14. The Bark on- He has the Bark on, a person ruff and tuff as the bark of a tree.
15. Medicine- Anything of magic, mystic or supernatural power.
16. Medicine Water- Whiskey, rum, or other alcoholic spirits
17. To Wet Yer Dry- A Medicine water cure for a dry throat.
18. Cache- To store something, to hide yourself or your belongings
19. To make meat- An animal killed for food is meat.
20. On Jawbone- On credit
21. Up to Beaver, or up to Trap- Is said of a man who had learned the mountain skills of survival and trap'in, to be trusted out on his own, is up to mountain standards.
22. Mangevrs De lard- French for Porkeater
23. Fooferaw- Mountain slang of the French word fan far on, a word used to describe the bobbles, dangles, an pretties given to or traded with indian women, mirrors, combs, brushes, clothe, beads, ect.
24. Bad Eyes-An expression of anger.
25. Hand Blower; A young women or wayward wife who would sneak out at night, forms her hands into a whistle and blow, her lover would follow the whistle through the dark to a suitable meeting place. Each couple would have it's own pre-arranged signal so the man would not follow the wrong woman and parents or husbands would now which hand blower to follow.
26. On the Pairie=-To give something away free
27. Make um Come-To kill someone or something
28. Galena Pill- A round rifle ball. Galena lead from England was the preferred lead of the mountain man.
29. Buffalo Witted- Is said of a person who is not very smart, slow witted.
30. Smooth Bore-No, it's not a male pig that's been shaved. It is a gun with a smooth, unrifled barrel.
31. He's a gone Beaver or He's gone under-means a person is dead.
32. Here before Christ-The Hudson's Bay Company
33. Wiping Stick- A Ram Rod, a wooden rod often made of hickory used to load muzzleloader fire arms.
34. Beaver Plew- The streached, dryed hide of a beaver.
By Wild Bill Tanglefoot