pop-eye

Updated: May 5, 2025

One of the wheel oxen, a black steer which we called "Pop-eye," could be ridden, and I straddled him in fording, laving my sunburned feet in the cool water. The cows were driven over next, the dogs swimming, and at last, bag and baggage, we were in Texas.

Andy Adams - The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days