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the Texas cowboys begun to herd cattle, things started to happen in California.
Like Mexico and later on Texas California was under the Spanish flag.
In 1769 a Spanish Franciscan munk by the name of father Juniper Serre, came to California to teach the Indians Christianity. The priests brought with them cows and horses. At first the Spaniards took care of the cattles themselves, but as time went by the herds got bigger and bigger, and there was not enough people to take care of the animals. The solution? Well, the priests decided to teach the Indians the cowboy-work. So they gave the Indians rope and horses and taught them how to handle a lasso. The Indians were fast learners, soon they became real experts on horseriding. And so were the American cowboy born.
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And
almost 50 years later the Texas cowboy road out on the big prairie in
the Lone Star State...
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