As our knowledgeable guest says, a "celebration at the end of a cattle drive" or other excuse for a wingding, unfortunately confused with the rope maneuver (hooleyann), even by some who should know better.

Some New Mexico cowboys, Hispanic and Anglo, shied over to make a few bucks and made the drives north as well. Several cattle drives aimed at feeding the hungry Indians who had been herded into reservations in Montana and the Dakotas were paid for by the benevolent(?) government.