My neighbor , William Henry Hudson , ウイリアム、ヘンリー、ハドソン

Hudson was born in establishing field  called " 25 ombúes " on the left  bank of the stream "The Shells" in the jurisdiction of Quilmes, Florencio Varela´s jurisdiction today . ( 34°51´22,07´´S  58°13´47,06´´W .)  Surely, the first Europeans who came to this land thought: "... a huge garden that's America ...", but the garden had owners.  The Kilmes was a native culture that the Incas could not dominate; and they  fought against spanish   for 130 years. They were neutralized and banished . The Kilmes walked 1000 km from the Calchaquies Valleys in Tucumán to reach the shores of the River Plate. In 1666, the reduction of the Santa Cruz Indians Kilmes was created;  then the Spanish colonization and the Catholic Church divided the territory.  Famine, disease and a  hostil environment affected the natives. Soon they disappeared . However its indigenous name still remember them, in Spanish form today (Quilmes). Nowadays it is...

Argentina is abundant and excessive in different ways.  Cattle left the Spanish colonizers, and populated the wild pampas becoming a source of wealth.  Football spread like cattle with plenty of passion. It was first practiced by English settlers in the Rio de la Plata. It was diseminated through the schools of the British community, which began to practice and perform grouped into local championships and leagues.  Then, in 1882 the Scottish Professor Alexander Watson Huttton arrived with balls and inflators  free of customs tax and promoted  football since the school environment.  Why Hudson did not play football?  Simple: non-formal education. He was not attended any institution. His family was devoted to instruction and different teachers came to his home to teach him.  Anyway, it was a great scientist, no matter that it has not kicked the ball. Argentina es abundante y excesiva en distintos aspectos. El ganado que abandonaron los ...

In 1840, football comes to Argentina with the English immigrants. The sport created for gentlemen became popular, the most popular of all.  With the construction of railways by British companies, workers played soccer in his spare moments by using a bladder cow ball.  The  football spilled , and won the pampas.  The first team was Argentina Quilmes Rowers Club in 1887, then called Quilmes Athletic Club and later in Quilmes Atlético Club hispanicized. The club is a few kilometres to the birthplace of Hudson.  In the first clubs played only British, what with the excitement it generated was promoted the creation of new clubs for Creoles.  Football is another  contribution both sport and cultural that was sown and grew strongly in the pampas. Quilmes Atletico Club principio de siglo - Quilmes Athletic Club in the early 20th century Jugadores criollos  -  Creoles players Tribuna de madera del Club Argentino de Q...

This is a very special duck, has no scientific name, but it is typical of the pampas.  This equestrian sport, contact sport is called: el pato. In 1600 was played with a live duck both sides of horsemen fought; the game ended when the animal died.  Eventually, it was replaced by any bird cooked and put in a leather bag with handles, so that players could take the handles and through it to another player.  Hudson said about it. "For the gaucho was the game of all games there could not have been a better game adapted to living men whose existence depended both your riding ... The people of the pampa had a crazy fondness for this game. " By violence and fighting that generated  the matches was banned several times, but secretly continued playing. Until 1953 it was declared the national game of Argentina. Este es un pato muy especial, no tiene nombre científico, pero es propio de las pampas. Así se llama al deporte ecuestre, deporte de contacto : e...