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BOREIN, Edward.
Autograph manuscript, "The Vaquero" no place or date. 8 separate, lined, pages, quarto, in pencil, brass pin at upper right secures most of the leaves. For the two decades following 1900, Borein wrote a number of articles and short stories, many of which he also himself illustrated. This one entitled "The Vaquero" concerns a subject close to his heart. Vaqueros were Mexican cowboys, who drove the great cattle herds across the frontier. It was a life Borein was drawn to and he often took up work among their number as he wandered and rode and sketched his way across the Southwest. In this incomplete but interesting article he describes the history and evolution of the vaquero as dictated by the necessities of the land. "As the country became settled, new ranges had to be found. To the south were the 'tropics' this was no cow country so to the north, the restless ones started, slowly driving their little bunches of horses, and cattle, and building their ranch houses where ever they would find water. Most of these drifted north always holding to the water courses, for in this dry land water was the first thing and now they met Indians who were good with the lance themselves, so the Spanish emigrants built a fort and stopped." He then describes how and why on the basis of early reports, Spanish attentions turned to California, "no bad indians, and plenty of grass, and water." The account concludes with mention of Geronimo and an armed fracas with a small band of his Apache warriors.
Autograph manuscript, "The Vaquero" no place or date. 8 separate, lined, pages, quarto, in pencil, brass pin at upper right secures most of the leaves. For the two decades following 1900, Borein wrote a number of articles and short stories, many of which he also himself illustrated. This one entitled "The Vaquero" concerns a subject close to his heart. Vaqueros were Mexican cowboys, who drove the great cattle herds across the frontier. It was a life Borein was drawn to and he often took up work among their number as he wandered and rode and sketched his way across the Southwest. In this incomplete but interesting article he describes the history and evolution of the vaquero as dictated by the necessities of the land. "As the country became settled, new ranges had to be found. To the south were the 'tropics' this was no cow country so to the north, the restless ones started, slowly driving their little bunches of horses, and cattle, and building their ranch houses where ever they would find water. Most of these drifted north always holding to the water courses, for in this dry land water was the first thing and now they met Indians who were good with the lance themselves, so the Spanish emigrants built a fort and stopped." He then describes how and why on the basis of early reports, Spanish attentions turned to California, "no bad indians, and plenty of grass, and water." The account concludes with mention of Geronimo and an armed fracas with a small band of his Apache warriors.