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The Mexican vaquero was a laborer, a peon who was used by the missionaries to ride the horses and take care of the cattle.
Men such as Governor-General William Bentinck worked with missionaries and reformers such as Brahman Ram Mohan Roy to legislate against the practice of widows becoming sati by climbing onto the funeral pyres of their respective husbands.
There was some half-hearted fighting between northerners and southerners for control of the property and lands left by the Spanish missionaries, half of which was meant to be returned to the Native Americans but never was.
These early missionaries, who were led by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, were all tough and courageous men, who faced hunger and hardship when their first agricultural efforts failed.
In the Southwest, this custom has been documented since the colonial period and was undoubtedly introduced by the Spanish missionaries.