I've got three citations documenting the use of the garrocha pole in history. What I don't have are any sources that would indicate how the pole was used, or how it was trained. The first is reasonable quality. In 1450 herd size in the Marismas was set at 500 sheep with no more than two shepherds, and 500 cattle with up to four vaqueros (Ordenanzas: 29 verso), . . . The herders were forbidden to carry arms in order to avoid deadly brawls and vaqueros were only permitted a knife and a pointed ...
