USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Horses made it easier for the Apache to hunt and to raid rival Navajo villages, as well as to attack Spanish forts. The Comanche (/kuh*man*chee/) were the only Native Americans more powerful than the Apache. The Comanche successfully gained Apache land and pushed the Apache farther west.

Detailed explanation-2: -They were highly skilled at breeding and trading the horse, which became an important resource for the people that radically changed life on the plains. Comanche horsemen set the pattern of nomadic equestrian life that became characteristic of the Plains tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Horses revolutionized Native life and became an integral part of tribal cultures, honored in objects, stories, songs, and ceremonies. Horses changed methods of hunting and warfare, modes of travel, lifestyles, and standards of wealth and prestige.