G-H post: part 2-- Gift of Sacred Dog

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How the horse came to the New World is fairly well documented.  Spanish and French explorers shipped them over early on in their conquest of the New World.  

Some horses either escaped or were left behind.  These horses became the mustangs, the wild horses that filled the plains and dominated history for the Native Americans.

But, questions niggles at my brain:  what did the indigenous tribes think about the horse?  Did they realize what the horse would give them?  Did they view the horse as an extension of the Spanish, as an animal to serve them, or what??

The book, Gift of the Sacred Dog, grants the reader a better answer about the horse.

The horse benefited the Native Americans, allowing them to survive and prosper.  At least for a while, anyway. 

This G-H dual post celebrates the beauty, nobility, and power of the horse, one of God’s creatures.

See you tomorrow on the I-J posts:  Icons of Just living...