And in the South West, Mexican vaqueros herded cattle across the great grass plains North of the Rio Grande over two centuries before the first Texas cowboys began their cross-country cattle drives.

在西南部，墨西哥牧牛人赶着牛群穿过里约热内卢格兰德河以北的大草原，比第一批德克萨斯牛仔开始他们的越野牧牛活动早了两个多世纪。