WE ARE THE GOD DOGS

As more tribes possessed horses they traveled greater distances to trade with others, including the whites. This was a good thing. Such occasions called Trade Fairs were held in places like Taos and Bent's Fort. The Indians brought beaver pelts to trade, and later buffalo hides. In exchange they received wonderful European-made goods. But not all was exchanged for good things. The whites brought liquor to trade for valuable furs. It got so bad that sometimes the Indians would not trade without the liquor that the white traders used to soften up the Indians. Except for this bad thing the God Dog brought an easier life to the Indians of the Great American Plains.

To learn more about the Plains Indians and the horse on the Internet see:

Comanche Story http://www.tolatsga.org/ComancheOne.html Nearly halfway down the page, under the heading of Culture, is the history of the horse-culture of the Comanche People.

The American Paint Horse in America http://www.paint-horse.com/paintedhorses... This is an excellent article on the history of the horse.

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The major printed sources for this article are:

The Indians-The Old West, Time-Life Books, New York, 1973.

The European Challenge-The American Indians, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992.

The Native Americans: An Illustrated History, Turner Publishing, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 1993.

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