A corruption of the Spanish. From the Indian custom of blacking the face to show the tribe is on the warpath.
Buffalo guts, a treat for the mountain gourmet.
Rifle, usually of Hawken make. Interchangeable terms for person, either one's self or someone else. From the name of the manufacturer. A hired hand, sometimes French-Canadian. Trinkets, doodads, decorative trivia fancied by women, especially Indian women.