The horse wrangler took care of the remuda. A remuda is the horses that the cowboys rode. The dragmen are cowboys who kept the cattle moving at the end of the herd. They would get the dust in their face. The flankers are men who kept the cattle the from straying off the trail and they are on the side of the drive.
Pointers are men who point the cattle in the right way.
By James Soesbe Texas was full of long horn cattle. Cattle were driven north to be put on a train. The cattle found their same position every day. If the cattle were driven too fast they would get skinny and the cowboys wouldn't get as much money for them. The cowboys wouldn't stay up too late because they had to get up early in the morning.