This isn't a misquote but recently while driving along the superslab known as I-80, through Nebraska, I pondered about the expression "cowpoke" typically used interchangeably with "cowboy". I wondered what was the difference and what their origins were. Then, in a blinding flash, I remembered the Movie "Lonesome Dove" and the conversation Augustus McCray had with the charming Lorena Woods about having a "poke" which was slang during those days, for the 'carnal act'. Now I wonders if calling a cowboy a cowpoke might not be some sort of reference to bestiality? (My cousin studied animal husbandry at the University of Wisconsin until they caught him at it!) Perhaps it was originally an insult?

CB