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The Injun's name for beef was `` wohaw '', and many of the old frontiersmen adopted it from their association with the Injun on the trails.
The first cattle the Injuns saw under the white man's control were the ox teams of the early freighters.
Listenin' with wonder at the strange words of the bullwhackers as they shouted `` Whoa '', `` Haw '', and `` Gee '', they thought them words the names of the animals, and began callin' cattle `` wohaws ''.
Rarely did a trail herd pass through the Injun country on its march north that it wasn't stopped to receive demand for `` wohaw ''.
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