Essay Topic: The importance of impact of horse acquisition by Native Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes in the 19th Century’s Colorado
Introduction Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes happened to choose the “horse” to support their equestrian lifestyle at the dawn of the 19 th century in the Colorado region. The most interesting element for these nomadic equestrian people was the ‘horse’ that was tagged with offering a broad-based system of economic production. However, the acquisition of horse by these tribes was easier said than done because this acquisition acted as a catalyst for bringing the levels of violence and noticeable stress between the two tribes. Both of these tribes could not afford to lose their grip on the acquisition of horse because not only horse supports their nomadic equestrian lifestyle, but it was also a great source of a path to acquire wealth and a source to maintain an ecological relationship with the prevailing environment during those times. The benefits of the acquisition of horse were almost unlimited. Not only horse was being used as a carrying capacity coupled with rifle and goods, b...