Who brought the first horses to north America?

Answer 1

The Spaniards first brought horses to the Americas in the 16th Century (1500s). They multiplied outside of captivity as "mustangs". The plains Native Americans who had previously pulled their belongings with travoy (travois) with women then used horses instead, increasing the range of their nomadic life. The Plains Indians developed into the world's best horse cavalry, capable of raiding hundreds of miles into foreign lands during seasons of the full moon. In Spanish, Mexican, Texas and US history, the Comanche are the most famous.

Answer 2

The earliest indigenous horse of the Americas was Neohipparion Leptode, the 3-toed Grazing Horse of the Late Miocene Period (6 to 7 million years ago). After millions of years of evolution the Equus occidentalis leidy or Western Horse of the Late Pleistocene era developed by about 40,000 years ago. This became completely extinct about 10,000 years ago but the reasons for the extinction are unclear. In any case these were tiny animals, fine for eating but useless for riding.

Cortes and other Spanish explorers transported fiery Spanish horses into the Americas in the 16th century AD. These animals were bred on stock farms and some escaped, others were stolen and others traded to the natives, until a huge native population of wild horses (mustangs) thrived and increased on the grasslands of the Plains.

Answer 3

They were by man's side during the birth of a nation. They helped him build it once it was born. Horses were used in North America just like they were used everywhere else until machines took their place. Now they are our pampered pets and they deserve it.

Answer 4

Well they were first used to carry Indians and across the plains, to kill buffalo. Also they were used to travel long distances, and sometimes they were used in various ceremonies. Sadly some were used for food too. People also used them for farm work such as rounded up sheep and cattle, to plowing feilds.

Answer 5

The Spanish brought horses to the Americas, but equine species were present in North America in much earlier times.

Originally, there were horses in North America that migrated to Asia and Europe thousands of years ago, across the Bering Strait land bridge. They subsequently died out in North America, and modern horses (their descendants) were taken to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors ss military horses.

Horses originally came to North America on the Beringia land bridge (thousands of years ago). They then vanished from the continent around 10,000 years ago. The horses that are in North America today were brought over in the 16th century by the Spanish.

Answer 6

The spanish Conquistadors brought horses to North America.