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Vaquero, c. 1830

The vaquero (Template:IPA-es, Template:Lang-pt Template:IPA-pt) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that originated on the Iberian Peninsula. Today the vaquero is still a part of the doma vaquera, the Spanish tradition of working riding. The vaquero traditions developed in Mexico from methodology brought to Mesoamerica from Spain also became the foundation for the North American cowboy.

The vaqueros of the Americas were the horsemen and cattle herders of Spanish Mexico, who first came to California with the Jesuit priest Eusebio Kino in 1687, and later with expeditions in 1769 and the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition in 1774. They were the first cowboys in the region.

In the modern United States and Canada, remnants of two major and distinct vaquero traditions remain, known today as the "Texas" tradition and the "Spanish", "Vaquero", or "California" tradition. The popular "horse whisperer" style of natural horsemanship was originally developed by practitioners who were predominantly from California and the Northwestern states, clearly combining the attitudes and philosophy of the California vaquero with the equipment and outward look of the Texas cowboy. The natural horsemanship movement openly acknowledges much influence of the vaquero tradition.

The cowboys of the Great Basin still use the term "buckaroo", which may be a corruption of vaquero, to describe themselves and their tradition.

Etymology

Classic vaquero style hackamore equipment. Horsehair mecates top row, rawhide bosals in second row with other equipment

Vaquero is a Spanish word for a herder of cattle. It derives from vaca, meaning "cow", which in turn comes from the Latin word vacca.

A related term, buckaroo, still is used to refer to a certain style of cowboys and horsemanship most often seen in the Great Basin region of the United States that closely retains characteristics of the traditional vaquero. The word buckaroo is generally believed to be is believed to be an anglicized version of vaquero and shows phonological characteristics compatible with that origin. Buckaroo first appeared in American English in 1827 The word may also have developed with influences from the English word "buck" or bucking, the behavior of young, untrained horses. In 1960, one etymologist suggested that buckaroo derives, through Template:Lang-gul, from the Ibibio and Template:Lang-efi, meaning "white man, master, boss". Although that derivation was later rejected, another possibility advanced was that "buckaroo" was a pun on vaquero, blending both Spanish and African sources.

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See also

References

  1. Clayton 2001, pp. 10–11.
  2. ^ "Buckaroos: Views of a Western Way of Life". Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945–1982. Library of Congress. 1980. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  3. "Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Vigésima segunda edición" (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved July 2011. Dictionary of the Spanish language, twenty-second edition {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) s.v. vaquero
  4. Buckaroo - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  5. "Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Vigésima segunda edición" (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved July 2011. Dictionary of the Spanish language, twenty-second edition {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) s.v. vaca
  6. ^ Cassidy, F. G. (Spring 1978). "Another Look at Buckaroo". American Speech. 53 (1). Duke University Press: 49–51. doi:10.2307/455339. JSTOR 455339. Retrieved July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)(subscription required)
  7. ^ Cassidy, F. G.; A. A. Hill (Summer 1979). "Buckaroo Once More". American Speech. 54 (2). Duke University Press: 151–153. doi:10.2307/455216. JSTOR 455216. Retrieved August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)(subscription required)
  8. González, Félix Rodríguez (December 2001). "Spanish contribution to American English word-stock: an overview". Atlantis. 23 (2). AEDEAN: Asociación española de estudios anglo-americanos: 86. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)(subscription required)
  9. Smead, Ronald K (2005). Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk: A Dictionary of Spanish Terms from the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0806136318.
  10. ""Buckaroo."". Merriam-Webster, n.d. Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  11. Mason, Julian (February 1960). "The Etymology of 'Buckaroo'". American Speech. 35 (1). Duke University Press: 51–55. JSTOR 453613. Retrieved August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)(subscription required)

External links

Sources

  • Bennett, Deb (1998) Conquerors: The Roots of New World Horsemanship. Amigo Publications Inc; 1st edition. ISBN 0-9658533-0-6
  • Malone, John William. An Album of the American Cowboy. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1971. SBN: 531-01512-2.
  • Miller, Robert W. (1974) Horse Behavior and Training. Big Sky Books, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  • Stewart, Kara L. (December 2004). "The Vaquero Way". HorseChannel.com. Horse Illustrated. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  • Varian, Sheila (2004). The Vaquero Tradition: Hackamore, 2 Rein and Spade Bit (DVD). California: Santa Ynez Historical Society.
  • Vernam, Glenn R. Man on Horseback New York: Harper & Row 1964.
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