The fable of the centaurs, if the derivation from to goad, Taupos, bull, be accepted (but see Centaur), would indicate the early existence of pastoral peoples living on horseback, like the modern cowboys (cp. "cow-punchers") or gauchos of North and South America. [Please select]
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Dress, of Indians of Peru, 89; of Indians at La Paz, 175-176; of Gauchos, 328. [Please select]
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"The herdsmen--gauchos, as they are called--are generally mounted on horseback when they use the lasso." [Please select]
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The men were gauchos, all but one--a short, rather grotesque-looking Portuguese with one eye. [Please select]
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The Calmuck Tartars tame them; and possess vast droves, like the Gauchos and Indians. [Please select]
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So hard are their coats of armour that the Gauchos sharpen their Spanish knives, which they always carry, upon them. [Please select]
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Like the Gauchos and Llaneros of the south, these Indians use the flesh of the horse for food, and esteem it the greatest delicacy. [Please select]
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