User blog:123chaseyoung/Cowboy vs Leopard Society

Cowboy: The guntotting horseback riding herder and icon of the American frontier!

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Leopard Society: Cannibalistic cult who wore leopard skin and terroized West Africa!

Who is Deadliest!!

Cowboy
Central to the myth and the reality of the West is the American cowboy. His real life was a hard one and revolved around two annual roundups, spring and fall, the subsequent drives to market, and the time off in the cattle towns spending his hard earned money on food, clothing, gambling, and prostitution. During winter, many cowboys hired themselves out to ranches near the cattle towns, where they repaired and maintained equipment and buildings. On a long drive, there was usually one cowboy for each 250 head of cattle. Alcohol was everywhere in the West (outside Mormondom), but on the trail the cowboys were forbidden to drink it. The cowboy has for over a century been the iconic American image, recognized worldwide and saluted as an authentic hero by Americans. The cowboys today have become a cultural icon in modern times, and are an image of the American people abroad and of American warrior culture.

Before a drive, a cowboy's duties included riding out on the range and bringing together the scattered cattle. The best cattle would be selected, roped, and branded, and most male cattle were castrated. The cattle also needed to be dehorned and examined and treated for infections. As open range ranching and the long drives gave way to fenced in ranches in the 1880s, by the 1890s the glory days of the cowboy came to an end, and the myths about the "free living" cowboy began to emerge.

Many of the cowboys were veterans of the Civil War, particularly coming from both the Confederacy, and the Union, who returned to their home towns and found no future, so they went west looking for new opportunities. Some were Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and even Britons. Nearly all were in their twenties or teens. To protect their cattle from wild animals, Indians and rustlers, cowboys also carry with them firearms such as revolvers, rifles and shotguns. Many cowboys, such as Wilod Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, Tom Horn, Luke Short, and others, became known for their quickness with a pistol draw. Indeed the quickdraw was an important skill in the violent American West.

Weapons
Melee: Bowie knife and Lasso

Pistol: Multiple Colt Peacemakers

Rifle: Winchester Model 1873

Special: 12 gauge coach gun

Leopard Society
The Leopard Society was a West African secret society active in the early- to mid-20th century that practiced cannibalism. They were centred in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.

Members would dress in leopard skins, waylaying travelers with sharp claw-like weapons in the form of leopards' claws and teeth. The victims' flesh would be cut from their bodies and distributed to members of the secret society. According to their beliefs, the ritual cannibalism would strengthen both members of the secret society as well as their entire tribe.

Pratten (2007) suggests that British authorities later used cannibalism as a false accusation against people in Annang (Nigeria). Encounters with what is believed to be a survival of The Leopard Society into the post-colonial era are described by MacIntosh. Weapons

Melee: Metal tip claws

Pistol: Webley revolver

Rifle: Spencer rifle

Special: Howdah pistol

Battle
8 Cowboys on horseback are driving their herd in the desert. Unknown to them are 8 other leopard bandits waiting to ambush them. Who will win this battle