USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Horses were first introduced to Native American tribes via European explorers. For the buffalo-hunting Plains Indians, the swift, strong animals quickly became prized. Horses were first introduced to Native American tribes via European explorers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yet, the official story that was written into the history books, and which persists today, is that the New World had no horses before the arrival of the Spanish. According to the narrative, the first horses to arrive in the New World in 1519 were the progenitors of every horse found on the continent in later years.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to most leading scholars in history, anthropology and geography, none of the Native Tribes had horses until after Columbus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before they had horses, the Great Plains was a difficult place for people to survive with only dogs to help them. The dominant animal was the buffalo, the largest indigenous animal in North America. Buffalo are swift and powerful, making them very difficult for a man on foot to hunt.

Detailed explanation-5: -The available evidence indicates then that the Plains Indians began acquiring horses some time after 1600, the center of distribution being Sante FC. This development proceeded rather slowly; none of the tribes becoming horse Indians before 1630, and probably not until 1650.