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Re: [RC] [RC] appys - heidiThis account of how the Nez Perce got the spotted horses, fits much better with the general spread of horses and horse using in N. America. The through Canada, which implied Fur traders, and more specifically implied British fur traders just seems to have to many holes in it. Yep, one of which being that the Indians were already mounted when the fur traders got there, and in fact were quite accomplished horsemen by then. Indeed it was a tragic loss to endurance when most Chief Joseph's horses were prevented from breeding on. Such a dismantlement of a breeding program after a war has occurred in several other instances throughout history. In fact, it was because the Russians ate horses that the Poles who were so devoted to their Arabs during WWII and who had managed to save them from the Germans made their heroic effort to get the group that included *Witez II into the hands of General Patton--who was known to be a horseman. Heidi ============================================================ People in Alabama swear by manure tea as an herbal remedy for colds. ~ Lisa Redmond ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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