Beinvenidos South Texas

Friday, August 18, 2006

Wild Horse Desert: Los Kine�os: The Romanticized Version

Wild Horse Desert: Los Kine�os: The Romanticized Version




“There was a terrible drought in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Captain King traveled to the little hamlet of Cruillas in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

“The townspeople were in such dire straits that they sold all of their cattle to him in an attempt to survive the drought. A short distance out of town, slowly driving the cattle north toward Texas, Captain King realized that, in solving an immediate problem for the people of Cruillas, he had simultaneously removed their long-term means of livelihood. He turned his horse back toward the town and made its people a proposition. He would provide them with food, shelter and income if they would move and come to work on his ranch. The townspeople conferred and many of them agreed to move north with Captain King.

“Already expert stockmen and horsemen, these resilient denizens of the rugged Mexican range became known as Los Kinenos - King's people. They and many generations of their heirs would go on to weave a large portion of the historical tapestry of King Ranch. The expert Kineno cowboys now occupy a justifiably legendary place in the annals of the taming of the vast American West. The mystique of the Kinenos is alive and well, and descendants of the original Cruillas residents still live and work on the ranch today - providing a vital link with the past and giving the ranch a key aspect of its unique atmosphere.”

The vastness of the huge ranch on which he lived seems to have given him a wish to know more about the world. He would later turn his attention to being an educator. A definition of an educator is: to demonstrate a commitment to creating new knowledge, to applying knowledge to solving problems to synthesize various strands of knowledge, and to understanding how students learn.

1 Comments:

Blogger dannoynted1 said...

Cruella de ville, cruella de ville
If she doesn�t scare you, no evil thing will
To see her is to take a sudden chill
Cruella, cruella de ville
The glare in her look, the ice in her stare
You innocent children, you�d better beware
The world was such a wholesome place until
Cruella, cruella de ville
First, you think think she�s a devil (she�s a devil)
And after time has worn away the shock
You come to realize, you see it in her eyes
She�s watching you from underneath a rock
That vampire bat that in she released
She ought to be locked up and never released
Like a spider for the kill, that�s old
Cruella, cruella de ville
First, you think think she�s a devil (she�s a devil)
And after time has worn away the shock
You come to realize, you see it in her eyes
She�s babi-bidi-babi-bidi-badi-bah!
That vampire bat that in she released
She ought to be locked up and tossed away the keys
The world was such a wholesome place until
Cruella, cruella de ville
Oh! cruella
Cruella, cruella de ville
Have memory!

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