There currently are about 9.2 million horses in North America. They are widespread with many breeds and disciplines that each horse fits into. Horses did not always inhabit North America as they do now. Roughly four hundred years ago the horse made it to America through Spanish soldiers, also known as conquistadores. These conquistadores successfully conquered parts of Mexico and South America before traveling north to the southwestern portion of what is now today’s United States in the 1540’s in search of gold and other treasures. As the conquistadores traveled they came in contact with a few different Native American groups. They tried hard to convert these new people to Roman Catholicism, which was the Spanish religion. In the 1680’s the …show more content…
The largest issue, according to Francis Haines’s article “The Northward Spread of Horses among the Plains Indians”, was their poor understanding of how the horse works. A horse is a prey animal, its first instinct is to run away. This is quite similar to cows and sheep, but they are generally less frightened especially when one compares a domestic cow to a wild horse. Horses also have a much different digestive track than the other grazers that the Comanche may be more acquainted to. They require a variety of different forages in their diet. They also graze quickly to the point of which the Indians must move on a regular basis. This was easy for the Comanche Indians because they did not stay in one place and tended to move around quite a lot. Once the Comanches understood the horse they started to become unstoppable. The horses provided transportation and a quick getaway for their …show more content…
The most common item to raid for was captives. Due to a major epidemic in 1492 which lead to a devastating loss in the Comanche population they begun to raid for captives more and more. According to Rivaya-Martinez, the captives spiked in the Comanche population in 1840. This was a response to a major population loss due to battles being fought and Comanches being killed. As the horse was introduced and they began using them for larger, faster, and more efficient raids, they needed more captives. Rivaya-Martinez states that, at one point in time, 96% of their captives were used as horse herders. Due to horses greatly influencing the Comanche Indians so much there were many large herds that needed to be attended. The captives main job were to keep the horses in the area and to keep them from wandering far. Horse herds were so large that sometimes there were multiple herders per herd. A Spanish soldier, named Francisco Xavier Ortiz, who spent time with the Comanche Indians in 1786 reported that there was an estimate of thirty mounts per tent and eight and a half mounts per adult male. Imagine tending to eight to nine horses every day per person. Seventy years later in 1856 an Indian Agent for the U.S. Government, named Whitfield, also observed the Comanche Indians and reported that there were fifty horses per lodge and twenty-five per adult male. Horses in the community multiplied by three in just
The book I chose to do the book review on is “Conquistadors and Pueblos” by Olga Hall-Quest. The reason I chose this book as my review is because I was very interested in how the Aztecs and the Spaniards handled each other. I am also in the military and Spain’s once powerful army intrigued me. The first chapter of the book was definitely one of my favorites. The origin of name of our beautiful state is briefly explained.
When horse culture first came to the plains, the Lakotas were in fact in a state of crisis and not powerful at all. The bison were disappearing from Lakota lands, and they sought to expand westward, but there were several tribes that stood in their way. The Lakotas were able to steal and buy enough horses eventually that they could have considerable mounted military power. Along with this, the Lakota also can attribute their victories
The article "incredible transformation" written by S. C. Gwyenne, talks about the great transformation of the Comanche between the years of 1625 and 1750. because they started being pariah to be dominant and powerful. When they started to be powerful they never forget what others had done to them. The great change of the Comanche was due to the horse, because it was essential for the hunters.
The Sioux warriors were well armed they fought using a variety of weapons ranging from spears to guns. In the past, they used clubs, tomahawks, shields bow and arrows, spears and axes. Once the Europeans arrived in the Great Plains they brought to the Indians guns and horses to get them around and guns to hunt more efficiently. Individual Sioux warriors took part in warfare for a number of reasons. Plains Indians went on raids and went to war for a number of reasons such as to steal horses, to get revenge or to destroy their enemies.
Identifying the common comparisons in the reviews allows the reader to analyze the structure and arguments in the monograph. A strength that three of the reviews recognize is the depth of research that Hamalainen provides on the Comanche. Recognizing the text’s detailed research, Flores states that its precise history makes it the leading text on the Comanche. Minor writes that Hamalainen’s thesis allows detailed research into the three eras of the Comanche. The rise, peak, and fall of the Comanche, Minor claims allow the readers with a comprehensive understanding of the expanse of the Comanche’s power in the southwest.
In the beginning, the Comanche Native Americans were primarily a hunter-gatherer nomadic society. Dating back to the early 1500's, the Comanche were originally part of the Eastern Shoshone who lived near the upper reaches of the Platte River in eastern Wyoming. Before the Comanches arrived, the Jumano, Pueblo, and Apache Indians had lived in the Southern Plains. The name Comanche comes from the word “kimantzi,” a Ute tribe word meaning enemy.
The difference in the two accounts is the prelude to the battle. According to Lakota Chief Red Horse, he with many Sioux Indians were only moving across the land in attempts to find a place to settle. When they did settle next to the Little Bighorn River, there were many Native Americans with them ten different tribes and eleven including themselves. The account from the military standpoint was the Sioux, and Cheyenne were hostile over the Black Hills and was corresponding with Sitting Bull. From the event of the Sioux Nation on the move, the U.S. Calvary dispatched three units to attack.
This plan brought forth growth and a means to pay for it. This also bright forth in 1970 the Manpower program, this was designed to help train the Choctaws with much needed skills in the working field. Although, the tribe was working and establishing themselves within their tribe, they did gain some outside resources. The tribe today still uses some outside resources (Wood). In order for all this to take place within the tribe and to have a strong leader to help lead them, they would need to vote one in.
Have you ever wondered where different breeds of horses originated from? There are over 350 breeds of horses in the world. They go from two feet tall to roughly seven feet tall. Horses are a very useful animal when it comes to almost anything. About a third of the horses in the world are used for recreational use.
The 1870s, the time after the Civil War, was a decade of imperialism, great invention, reconstruction, labor unions and strikes, and the Sioux Wars. Especially The battle of the little Bighorn, was a crushing defeat for the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army under George Armstrong Custer. The 700 men strong 7th Cavalry Regiment were defeated by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, which were leaded by several important war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, Sitting Bull. The reason of the Sioux Wars, and so also of the battle of the little Bighorn, was that the Native Americans fight for their land. The Battle of Little Bighorn was a training point in the relation between America and Native America because
In the late 1500s the Native Americans of the Great Plains got an amazing new tool that would change their place in the world for 200 years. That tool would bring them great wealth and many luxuries, but at the cost of great pain and suffering. That tool they called it the great mysterious dog, we call it the horse . The Native Americans would use this tool to explore ways to transport goods and people. As well as create an opportunity to encounter and exchange with the Spanish and French through trade.
The people on the reservations were “anemic on very few rations” (www.nps.gov). During the 1800s the tribes had been abused by being forced onto reservations with little food and water. Sitting Bull did not go to the reservation because he believed that this was unjust. Sitting Bull encouraged his people and many others to leave the reservation and live traditionally. Therefore Sitting Bull was a great leader when the government show exploitation to not only his people but Indian tribes overall which effected the way the government treats the tribes
The treaty the US government signed with the Indians in 1851 granted the Indians to have an extensive territory, which means the Indians can get more land, but eventually that did not last(doc 3,4). One of the most important and well-known wars was the Sand Creek Massacre. On November 29, 1864, John Chivington led 700 troops in an unprovoked attack on the Arapaho and Cheyenne villagers. There they killed over 200 women, children, and older men. US Indian Commissioner admitted that :We have substantially taken possession of the country and deprived the Indians of their accustomed means of support.”
Class, One reason for the defeat of the Plains Indians was the decline of the buffalo herds, due to the killing by white hunters. The buffalo was one of the most sacred things to the Native Americans, but was their main source of supplies, because they used every part of the buffalo to help them. Second are the former Indian lands being settled by homesteaders, because this reduced the ability of tribes to migrate freely through the plains. This also did not allow the Indians to hunt for more buffalo herds. Lastly was the hostile encounter with the US Army which provided a few victories for the Indian population although Sitting Bull and the Indians fought stunning battles such as the defeat of the US Calvary at Little Big Horn, in the end
Besides, they used them as a means of transport and traded with other Native Americans. These animals were used for sports like horse racing and other activities such as hunting for the dogs. Therefore, this action led to the increase of the animal population and the Native land due to