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The History of the Americans

#207 How Indians of the American West Acquired Horses

April 20 · 20 min · Season 1 · Episode 207 · 29.3 MB
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Going down a rabbit hole while learning about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, I started reading about something I have wondered about – how and when did the Indians of the American West acquire horses and learn to use them rather than eat them? The answer is not what you think, or at least not what I thought before I did this work.

The story begins with the discovery of silver in Mexico, which I did not see coming.

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Primary references for this episode

William Taylor, et. al., “Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies,” Science, 30 March 2023.

Jack D. Forbes, “The Appearance of the Mounted Indian in Northern Mexico and the Southwest, to 1680,” Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Summer, 1959.