CKLA Unit 6: Native Americans Chapter 3 A Tale From the Great Plains - Suzanne Schultz | Biblioteka

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Why were Native Americans confused when they first saw Spanish soldiers on horses?

They had never seen metal armor before

They thought the man and horse might be one creature

They believed the horses were wild animals from the prairie

They thought the soldiers were wearing animal skins

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They believed it belonged to another tribe

They thought it was sick or injured

They feared its strength and did not understand it

They thought it was too old to be useful

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He wanted the soldier’s weapons and armor

He was protecting his people from someone he saw as an enemy

He wanted to capture the horse for himself

He thought the soldier was hunting on Comanche land

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It was tied to him with a rope

It did not understand where to go

It was loyal and protective of its rider

It was too tired to move

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How to use a sword

How to speak the “horse language”

How to wear armor

How to find Spanish camps

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He did not know how to remove them

He believed the horse wanted them there

They were too heavy to carry away

They were damaged and stuck

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The tribe captured the horse and trained it

The horse ran away into the mountains

The tribe set the horse free because they still feared it

The horse was traded to another tribe

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Tribes stole horses from Spanish soldiers

Horses were traded between tribes for goods

Escaped horses formed herds, and people learned to ride them

Spanish settlers gave horses as gifts to tribes