Homesteaders Vs Cattle Barons A Fight For Land
Opening Argument
By: Alexander (Lex) Luther
Are you a person who likes to do all the work and let someone else reap all the benefits? I didn’t think so and neither am I, but that is what has happened to me. I was one of the first to come out west and fight with the Native Americans over land. I made this land safe enough for people to live on and I still protect it today.
I think as one of these first pioneers I should be given the land I rightfully deserve. But my land has been taken away and given to others to use as they please. My land that I fought for and planned to use for cattle raising is now gone.
My grand plan of making a life for myself out west has been ruined. It was my chance to really make something of myself and make a lot of money. I wanted a life of adventure in the west and cattle raising offered me that. I would be free to roam the lands with my cattle and not be forced to settle down somewhere or be fenced off from anything. But I have......
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