grgr4 Crutchfield or Crouchfield the westwardman (was Re: GRGR(4) kenosha kid

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, rj wrote:
> The term 'westwardman' has always
> intrigued me. It doesn't seem to be a natural term at all, no archetype
> that I can think of. Now, 'cowboy' or 'frontiersman', yes, but
> "westwardman"?

Very true. It's so foreign to the lexicon of the American West that I
recalled it as "westerman."

Westwardman sounds for all the world like some kind of ward healer.
Except one from the U.S. West rather than the East (where city ward
healers are generally found).



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