At that period, San Juan is the resort of merchants, with their wares from all parts of the Republic, and all the planters or wealthy rancheros within an hundred leagues, resort thither with their families.
On the next morning, by the orders of the Marquis, the majordomo selected ten confidential rancheros and peons from those who had sought shelter at the hacienda, and the work commenced at once.
Simple rancheros may frequently be seen spending in a few days seven or eight pounds of gold, which only cost them a week's toil.
By his orders all the rancheros and small landowners established within a radius of fifteen leagues had been warned of an approaching invasion, and received an invitation to take shelter within the post.
Now, though Seyd had long ago grown to the sight of rancheros on their way to market in the embrace of their buxom brown wives, the suddenness of it made him gasp.
She paid him, alighting, with a clasp of her hand that left its soft clinging pressure tingling after she disappeared in the crowd of rancheros and hacendados, Sebastien's retainers and friends, who filled the station.
As he passed the little fonda Sebastien Rocha rode out from a group of rancheros who stood drinking at the rough bar.
They were levying regular tolls on the rancheros and hacendados when Don Sebastien returned from his schooling.
At first the sentinels were tolerably vigilant, but the lazy rancheros soon wearied of their unaccustomed duties, and before long the detail of a guard was omitted, and affairs subsided into their accustomed quiet.
The rancheria of Don Ramon was one of the first attacked, and the proud old Don and his three sons, with most of their rancheros and vaqueros, were surprised and slaughtered.
Pedro complimented him highly, and the Rancheros called him a brave lad--although Arthur himself failed to see what he had done that was deserving of praise.
The Rancheros accomplished this with their lassos, which they carried suspended from the horns of their saddles wherever they went.
Archie had never seen the mustang run so swiftly before, and he made up his mind that, if any of the Rancheros were pursuing him, they might as well give up the chase.
The Rancheros sprang to their feet, and hurried hither and thither, each one asking questions, and giving orders, to which nobody paid the least attention, and the babel of English and Spanish that arose awoke the echoes far and near.
As we have before remarked, the place in which the Rancheros had made their camp was a natural recess in the mountains.
The glade was lighted up by a fire, that one of the Rancheros had kindled, and beside which he stood, superintending the cooking of the supper.
He had lived among the Rancheros long enough to know that they were very poor marksmen, and that they could not boast of their swiftness of foot; and, having escaped the lasso, his spirits rose again, and hope lent him wings.
There are ten families in the town, and many rancheros within a hundred leagues.
The valley between the house and the Mission was alive with the immediate rancheros and their families, and the people of the town, aristocrats and populace.
The ruins are said to have been discovered by rancheros in 1821.
I before mentioned that the greater part of the farmers and rancheros had abandoned their fields to go to the mines.
The captured arms have been given to thoserancheros known to be friendly to the interests of the United States, for their protection.
The rancheros have not driven in any beef for several weeks, and although it is so pleasant on the bars, the cold on the mountains still continues so intense that the trail remained impassable to mules.
It is feared that the former will not keep through the whole winter, and the rancheros cannot at all times drive in cattle for butchering, on account of the expected snow.
The poblanas and rancheros were as bitter as they.
There was beginning to be a slight demand for cattle to drive to the far north on the trails, some thought it was the sign of a big development, but neither of the rancheros put much confidence in the movement, etc.
We were extended a cordial reception by Don Mateo, and after the chronicle of happenings since the two rancheros last met had been reviewed, the motive of our sudden return was mentioned.
In company with the corporal, I attended to our horses, leaving the two rancheros absorbed in a discussion of Texas fever, rumors of which were then attracting widespread attention in the north along the cattle trails.
That evening, amid clouds of tobacco smoke, the two old rancheros discussed the best hunting in the country, while we youngsters danced on the gallery to the strains of a fiddle.
Even the rude rancheros and tradesmen who were permitted to enter the walls in the exercise of their calling began to speak mysteriously of the beauty of this garden of the almarjal.
Within our boundaries there are several millions of ignorant Indians, peons, rancheros and the like, that are owned rather than ruled by a few scores of rich landholders who represent the old Spanish military grants.
Before long, you will be able to mount as the rancheros do, without touching the stirrup.
Many of the rancheroswere ruined; they had to mortgage their lands to live; their stock was gone; they could not farm; values so sank, that splendid estates were not worth over ten cents an acre.
It is not strange that the rancheros lost their heads, grew careless and profligate.
Presently he saw that two of his rancheros had been lanced, and that there were but four left.
Texas Smith and one of the rancheros had ridden after the Apaches to see whether they kept the direction which had been agreed upon.
One of the wounded rancheros expired on the mule to which he was strapped, and was carried dead for several hours, his ashy-brown face swinging to and fro, until Coronado had him thrown into a crevice.
Coronado soon picked out a couple of rancheros whom he knew as capital riders, fair marksmen, faithful and intelligent.
The four rancheros who still retained their saddles mechanically and hurriedly followed his example.
One of the rancheros now dismounted and helped Thurstane into his saddle.
The rancheros fed the horses on corn which they had brought in small sacks.
I fear ourrancheros are none too good to be bribed.
Since he entered the stable and found his horse there, he had more than once told himself that if he could only contrive some way to get the animal above ground, he could laugh at all the Rancheros in Southern California.
He might have compelled him to accompany him in his flight, but Beppo was a clumsy fellow, and having no reasons for wishing to conceal his movements, he would, no doubt, make noise enough to guide the Rancheros in the pursuit.
Scarcely had this been done when the Rancheros hurried past, searching every-where for Archie, and little dreaming that he was so near, and that the door alone stood between them and him.
Looking through the door, he saw two Rancheros hurrying along the passage, one of them holding his lantern above his head, and both trying to peer through the darkness to see what was going on in the stable.
The noise grew louder, and the conversation more distinct, as the Rancheros approached, and Archie knew it was high time he was hunting up a place of concealment.
There were half a dozen Rancheros in the court, besides those who had been conversing with the Spaniard, and Archie's sudden appearance created a great commotion among them.
This seemed to be a signal to the Mexican who stood leaning against the door-post, for he walked rapidly across the court, and presently half a dozen Rancheros appeared and hurried about in different directions, all searching for Archie.
Scarcely had this movement been accomplished, when the Rancherosarrived at the door; but, to Archie's immense relief, they did not attempt to open it.
In obedience to the Don's order, the Rancheros conducted him to one of the rooms in the underground portion of the rancho, and after tying him hand and foot, left him to his meditations.
Three of theRancheros wheeled their horses and started in pursuit of him, while the others kept on after Frank.
The Rancheros followed him, but they might as well have tried to overtake a railway train, or a bird on the wing.
While he stood there, hesitating and afraid to enter, theRancheros approached rapidly; and presently Archie saw the light of a lantern dancing along the passage.
The Rancheros could not use their lariats among the trees, and neither did they attempt to follow him farther.
The way in which unprincipled men got the better of the rancheros would fill a volume.
In truth, these rancheros seemed the most anxious to begin the fight,--a remarkable instance of the effects of confidence in companions.
When travelling alone, however, or with but a comrade or two, I have always experienced a great deal of hospitality from the rancheros and villageois of the country.
The Mexicans of our party to whom this language was addressed, being rancheros of some mettle, only answered, "Al diablo!
This, however, is only a heightened picture of what occurs every day in the intercourse between the rancheros and the common padres of the country.
The young rancherosflaunted their silver spurs and velvet jackets at the Fiestas in vain; they swore the senorita was as wild as an antelope; and, like an antelope, she was caught by her curiosity.
The rancheros cooperated eagerly in this profitable work, and the result of the battle had little effect upon them, for they had seen the Mexican army come and go at will, and doubtless thought it might appear again.
There is every evidence that a large ranchería existed at Santa Isabel, and that for many years it was one of the valued rancheros of the Mission.
He can't fetch as many rancheros as he'd like to cross the Rio Grande with.
The rancheros are horsemen, but they are almost horse-killers in their merciless spurring.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rancheros" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
