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Vaqueros in chaps and fancy jackets and silver spurs twirled their reatas at the crowd, causing gasps as the ropes snapped above the heads of those in the front rows.

The Legend of the Slain Soldiers Muller, Marcia 1985

When it came to the plaiting of rawhide into bridle-reins and reatas, the handling of a rope, packing for a hunting trip, reading a dim trail when tracking a stray horse, or any of the many things essential to life in the hills, Young Pete took hold with boyish enthusiasm, copying Annersley's methods to the letter.

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

"Hello, Met," said one of the party present, "these reatas are mighty stiff -- won't fit; eh, old feller?"

The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Henry Inman 1868

The front is a parlor with old ranch furniture and saddles and rawhide reatas.

Tucson Weekly 2008

The lassoing or roping of grizzly bears was a sport often indulged in by the native Californians, who were among the most skilful horsemen in the world and marvelously expert with their lassos or reatas, as they called the long rope, usually made of hide or woven horsehair, which they used to catch their horses and cattle; and Thure Conroyal and Bud Randolph had become as expert as any native with their reatas, and, consequently, felt equal to the roping of even as ferocious and as huge a beast as _El

The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895

They had fastened their rifles to the saddles in front of them, to hold them safe and yet have them where they could be quickly seized in case of sudden need and to give them free use of both of their hands in throwing their ropes and in managing their horses; and now, as they advanced toward the bear, they uncoiled their reatas and began slowly swinging the loops around their heads in readiness for the throw, while every faculty of their minds quickened and every muscle of their young bodies tightened in expectation of the coming battle that might mean death to one or both, if either blundered.

The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895

You bet we've got him! "echoed Thure, as his own horse whirled into position, with both front legs strongly braced, and drew the lasso tight about bruin's hind leg, thus stretching him out between the ends of the two reatas.

The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895