pronounce kinenos
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Mexican citizens who moved to USA in 19th century to work on the King Ranch in texas
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updated Oct 12, 2011
posted by wgt360
Welcome to the forum! We strive to use proper capitalization, spelling, grammar, etc. on here, if that's not asking too much! :) Especially "Texas"... my home state! jeje - cristalino, Oct 12, 2011
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From the King Ranch web site.
The correct spelling would be Kineños. Kee-neh´-nyos
updated Oct 12, 2011
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posted by Jack-OBrien
Sweet link, Jackster! - cristalino, Oct 12, 2011
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Yep, totally in agreement with JOB...
Just repetition, but very interesting history:
According to oral tradition, when Richard King (1824–1885) and his partners began hiring people to staff the ranch, they hired a number of Mexican hands, including an entire Mexican village that had been decimated by drought in 1854. Tom Lea (author) records that King led the entrada of villagers from Cruillas, Tamaulipas, Mexico in the early months of 1854. As the ranch grew, its cowhands came to be called "kineños," or "King's men."
updated Oct 12, 2011
posted by cristalino
