FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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They began eating horse meat
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Many were trampled to death by these gigantic beasts
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Many became expert riders and came to rely on them for transportation
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Horses became the original “man’s best friend” (before dogs arrived)
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Guns and horses changed the lives of Plains Native Americans because the guns made hunting easier and the horses made transportation easier and quicker.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horses revolutionized the Plains Indian way of life by allowing their owners to hunt, trade, and wage war more effectively, to have bigger tipis and move more possessions, and to transport their old and sick, who might previously have been abandoned.
Detailed explanation-4: -“A favorite hunting horse could be trained to ride right into the stampeding buffalo herd.” For the Plains Indians, the newfound speed and efficiency of hunting on horseback provided an abundance of high-quality meat, hides for tipis and clothing, and rawhide for shields and boxes.