Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-10-29
TIE PAMPAS COWBOY.
LEADING CHARACTER STIcH or THE
GkUCHO OF ARG5N TINA
Half Savage, HaIf Conrtier. ohd ~ he.
Ient!ess a. the Grave -Hnr,smau-
ship aud skill with the
LA,sO-In CiviIizatioa.
Mont .vid.o Cor. Inter Ocean. /

The gauCho pronounced gow.ch is
he COWBOY Of Argentina aud Lrguay. a
reckless daredevil, regardless alike Of
tod and man. pcaceable when sober. bit
4 bowling savage when drunk As brave
- a lion, As active as a panther. with en-
1urance lual TO any test, faithful to his
trends, but as implacable as fate to his
enemies living the year around with no
roof but the azure sky. no bel but the
ground. no ri low but his saddle, and no
Sue. ter but his ponChn lie loves nothing
bur h,s borse and the word fear is not in
his vocabulary.
lis speech i mixture of Spanish and
the uara.i. or native Indian dialect;
bus costume is "a ponrho, Il par Ut buck
KIN Drrpuhes nigh bots, aud silver
J., hat wcigha pound or two each.
D.. die. b.. urdlr and his brooches
l.v n aided win - or, representing the
a aIpu earnings OF his life, and
q ~ ,e wants lo huy a horse or a SOM
200 Ec Iu.,s button ar TWO, for
.,..s the race silver Ornaments are
e.. .Cg
,TsE' Ct. R'>TlrE.
-1"H-e, BAT court vr, lie Is as
en-, crllcE and vii, '.ahca BOW
Dr.. a n master DT kiit "a fellow.
- Be-. ~ utUe CoIs1iea nee u ng wound
e ie guizcs M law bat
ISL "a ode u! tGe cattle range,
..ra at unS &C pLnishaJic U.f ban
81, cslu " hoover ytclds him
-r r. md rs The Statute Of
no, lpc -ni'rd b, him. he
81 nI cttm - he has lUl seen for
90. d C"aUrs l.C Levtr shoots
e.. M-'a El.l but uses u .asso at
.. td a ,yir Il knife that is al
Gu,ucl ~ u band
.-M u-wuuA -aucGu> always means
% r. ,., a II = hu dIly Of him who
&. 50 $40 that rs victim is dCcCnty
80, rel sud lhe widow and orphans cared
.aS The W dow. If Sic llritses lin, be,
r'Urs hl, wife OF mioDre anu the chill
drcu grow ~ 10 be -auCh0s UuaGr his
,Utrlu-e lie rs supc!S itIOIs ~ Hin
do. AM when lie is not asleep or il the
sa Idle he Is gambling. having quaint
games OF chance that are known 10 no
OH sr race in the world
" : uDH> HAss'''.
The cowboys Of the United States or
the her,iers of Mexico would grow
green with envy at the horsemau.
ship of the gaucho and his skill
with the Iass1. \ child among them is put
In the 'adGle as soon as civilized boys
are put in PANTS. aud when he is 10 or II
| years cd lac will ride tornado. \
| gaucho who is thrown from horseback is
as much d sgraced as if he had slo,en a
sheep, aud nothing be can do will restore
his standing in society.
The animals they ride are splendid ma.
tive horses, larger than the native Arab
or the broncho Of the uited States, and
| equally feet aud tou. l. fifty or sixty
miles day is considered an easy ride.
and an ordinary pampa horse viii make
| ii as easily as an American horse will
make ten. During the recent raid against
| the ! aiagonian Indians a gaucho courier is
said 10 have made 100 miles in iorly-eight
hours with nine relays of horses. includ
| ing stops for food; and rides Of 300 aud
! 400 miles are of common occurrence A
! gaucho thinks no more Of such u gallOp
as this than an ordinary traveller res OF a
| trip FROM New ork TO Boston
INV dE USES THE LASS'.
! The skill with which the gaucho uses
the lasso passes credulily. Al full gallOp
he can throw a moose of rawhidc with as
| great accuracy as an expert ritieman Will
/ crack a glass ball. lie will catch a sheer
] VI n hOE VI u W tAN Atk - Sc'hJ
as a steer by the horns. Fights with lasso'
are Of frequent occurrence, the duelist'
standing on horseback. within range
firing slip n0oses at each other heads
sparriIs and lodging like pugilists, un
Ill one or The other is dragged out of tn
saddle Ii is a sure enough duel; tn,
man who is caught is often dragged with
moose around his neck behind a gall0p
ing horse until life is choked ard pounded
out Of his body.
Travellers on the pampas ia olden time:
were frequently treated to scenes of thi:
sort. with crowds Of gauChOs St nding by
to see fair play. Eut Of late the gauchC
is becoming more civilized Lmig nts
are crowdiGg out upon the pampas, md
are leavening the lump The word gauchC
is becoming term Of reproach, and. ex
cept upon the fro n, is now applied
only TO worthless characters who live by
stealing cattle, and correspond 10 the
genus ~ruster" Of Texas and the western
territories of the United States
~ CIVILIZATION.
On the frontier, however, the gaucho II
still seen in his pristine glory, moving
farther and farther out upon the pampas
trying TO escape from the restraints oil
civilization and resenting the inToads upoI
his ancient domain. Few of them &C
quire land. but keep their cattle upor
government territory, looking with con
tempt upon ranchmen who build house
TO live in, aud introduce foreign breeds o.
stock. His domain growing smaller
annually and few years hence he mus
become domesticated or disappear. Civ
ilization seems to sap his vitality an,
quench the fire Of his life A domesti
Gated gaucho is as Z lorn as an impris
oned eagle lie loses his sense Of homo