Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-21
ARGENTINA'S COWBOY.
BISHOP FOWLER TELLS OF THE CEN
TAUR OF SOUTH AMERICA.


TAUR or SOUTH AMERICA.
Personal Appearance and Characteristics
of the Gaucho of the Pampas simple
Food and Picturesque Garments
Ish Speech and Compliment.
The original c"whoy is the product II
south America He rides "A horse a. if he
and the animal was one He come. near
Ia realizing the uld Thought Of the MeN
cans. when they first .aw the spanish
horsemen, that this mounted human body
was distinct order of beings one would
not hunt on the pampas among the
gauchus for the millennium, nor for
higher order Of beings, any quicker
than he would among the cuwhuys ui
Texas OF Arizona The gIucho is not un-
like the cowboy except that he Is every
way more So. liz. l. more Of an Indian,
for he usually has quite II per cent. OF
Indian blood, undrniahly declared III his
high Cheekhuncs. straight. course black
hair. and copper or dark tiugcd skin He
rides wilder horses. and with either more
or less trappings. rs necessity Cumpels or
fortune allows He needs only short,
club handled. heavy Iashed whip, with
which he first tnmeS hi, horse aud then
his herd He is also greatly delighted
with saddle and bride heavily plated with
silver He sleeps where might overtakrs
him and feeds on the dried meat which he
carries, under more favorable CirCum
stances he has small tloUrless cabin as
headquarters
Fppp AND CLOTHING
Here he takes his breakfast on bruiled
meat. He goes after the herd, leaving his
wife, when he has one in the hut, and he
returns iLi,. at IHg!.i TO be fed on meat.
For mU.Iu> al Il uu.r he never tastes uI
vegetables or bread Sometimes he has a
little pulVcTiLcd fariua, into which he
dips his meat. His dress is, like himself,
compromise between the Spanlard and
the pampas Indian. There Is the broad
brimmed sOmbreru borrowed from SPAIN.
Then he wears over his shoulders his
pOnChO. This is the garment upon which
he sets his heart 1t Is like shawl, with
slit in the middle, through which he
thrusts his head and allows the ends of
the shawl to hang down over his arms.
When his arms are extended at full length
the pOnChO looks like a shawl folded
through the middle and held up by the
folded edge This is often embroidered
most deliberately and urnamentally.
When he comes To town wearing this gar
ment he sticks To it regardless Of the tenn
perature. We have seen the poor fellows
on the steamers, with the thermometer
nearly 100 in the shade, wrapped in one ut
these heavily embroidered -hawls, per
spring rs if in Turkish bath but
they would never think Of putting them
aside
Next he wears a chirrepa. This monde
script is wUEn where civilized men wear
pantaloOns. 1t looks like a square or OBJ
long piece Of cloth. folded diagOnally, one
corner fastened to the waist and the OPP
pOSite corner brought up between the
limbs and fastened to the belt in front.
The limbs seem 10 he loosely enswathed
with it. The Chirrepa may be very com
Portable, but it is far from trim. 1t looks,
when they stand still, like very loose
drawers. but when they step it shows the
garment To be one piece. loosely folded
and wrapped about the limb, with the bias
fold hanging between their feet Under
the chirrepa the gauChu wears calc0ncll!os,
a pair of loose white cotton drawers. Thus
got up. the gaucho adds the Turk to the
combination Of the SpIniard and the In
dian in his composition. Mounted on his
horse, with his lariat hanging To his saddle,
he is 4 distinct product of South Am"~lCa
DIGNITY AND roLITENEss.
1t is not we'll TO regard him As a savage.
Though he feeds on meat, and enjoys both
dangers and hariships, he has in his veins
some of the best blood of Europe. Go To
this mans hut on the pampas push aside
the untanned bulls hide which serves AS
a "portiere" at the doorway, greeting you
with all the dignity and UstentatlOus
politenesS of an old CaStilian knight, he
will offer you seat on the skull of an OK.
Be careful to bring to the front your best
and most cOurtley manners, and exercise
your most prudent judgment in determin-
ing how much of his smooth Spanish
speech is meant and how much IS to Oe
set down as pure Spanish compliment. 1t
is good manners in Spaniarl 10 say my
house is thine"-but it is Saxon bOOrIsh-
ness TO accept his offer.
The gauchOs have had their representa-
tives on all the fields where liberty was
the stake. and they have also had their
term in the place of power. The tyrant
Rosas was a gauChO. Few men ever eXer-
cised more power in their fields than did
he in his. The assassination of rivals and
enemies is a phenomenon produced by
weak and strong despOtism alike, but To
order the color Of ones family To be worn
by all the families of a state indicates
great confidence in ones executive abili-
ties. No weakling could. for instance sur
round the churches with soldiers ON a fine
sabbath morning capture all the women,
rich and poor, and stick with pitch a red
rusette upon the hair of each one. But