David: Thanks for reply. Here is my long-delayed answer. I very mildy disagree in return with a few things that you said but I defer to your experience in...
Sorry for incomplete link below. When you get to site, negotiate to Vestimentos, then botas de potro, then botas terminados. You will see an illustration that...
The strap on that adarga is an add on for hanging it on a collectors wall. It is aged and may be a piece of the original or just about the same age. I saw what...
Hello Lance, Very interesting. I'm in North Carolina for a family reunion so I won't be able to reply until next week, unless I can find a quiet moment in the...
Hello Lance, There might be a link between Chilean and Mexican botas, if only we knew how far back the botas de talon went. It is just like looking at the...
The information about Argentinian botas, while very interesting, doesn't shed much light on the botas de talon of the Spanish West. The use of the horse's leg...
Great and informative answer.Thanks. I hope this discussion is of interest to soldados, because frankly, cattle-raising really was an important component of...
Also this from Tatarabuelito. Tim, please feel free to cross-post cool stuff like this! Hey, somebody put these in the links section. ------Original...
The Reenactment of the 1846 "Battle of the Old Woman's Gun" (aka: "Battle of Dominguez Rancho") [or Rancho San Pedro, Alta California] is coming up on Sat....
Hello Lance, I enjoyed the discussion, too. Thanks. As for your ancestors not having vaquero skills when they entered California but were rodeo champions a few...
"No doubt their Hispanic neighbors had a good laugh at all this, when they weren't mourning the loss of their cattle and land." Loosing cattle and land was a...
That's right, Dave (re Anglo and other No. Euro cattle handling). That was so different than what the Hispanic culture had going. But as I pointed out before,...
I suppose it all depends on your perspective. From the Mexican point of view, land and cattle were pretty important to them - as important as they would later...
Well, you know, I am a Californio. We had a different thing going here. We didn't want to be Mexican territory anyway for the most part because they kept...
Actually, slavery was given a pass to the Anglos to get them to move into Texas; even though it had been abolished for some time in Mexico and other Spanish...
And you had those heathen Russians trying to claim the best part of the state and those damned Anglos creeping in during the dead of night! A lot to try to...
Hello Lance, As I mentioned, I really value Davis' account, and I can forgive him his racial biases. It came with his ancestry. If I recall it correctly, his...
Hi Steve, Â Â Â I checked the website ( http://dominguezrancho.org ), but of course, they don't have any pictures of prior versions of the event, nor do they...
Hola, mis amigos de la lista, Well, I got back from a trip to Mission San Antonio de Padua over the weekend. This was for their Mission Days event on April...
I think William Heath Davis might have known a thing or two about racial biases. His nickname, Kanaka, was not exactly a term of endearment in those days. His...
List, I've been a member of this group for awhile, however this is my first post on the site. I have thouroghly enjoyed all of the posts I have read and all of...
Hello Taylor, There is one picture of a Texas presidiale that I know of from about this period. I'd be happy to discuss this with you offline or on. Best...
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