Capt. Vancouver presented a gift of longhorn cattle to King Kamehameha I, at Kealakekua, in 1793. A 10-year kapu was placed on the cattle to allow them to multiply and assure the island of a constant food supply. The wild cattle became a menace and Kamehameha III, in 1832, invited 3 of Mexico’s best cowboys, (Kossuth, Ramon and Lauzada) to Waimea to teach the paniolo’s the art of roping