is it true that north america used to have horses but the indians ate them all?

Question

along with a bunch of other useful aminal they wiped out, and they were also on the verge of killing all the buffalo, they used to scare entire heards of buffalo off cliffs just for a few means, could this be how they wiped out all the other animals, horses also travel in heards

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

No, this is completely not true at all. Horses were originally brought over from Spain on ships to Central America, where enough got away, and migrated north, and eventually lost their domestications through generations and became wild again. The people that mainly wiped out the buffalo were French and Englishmen that sailed over to the Americas, killing buffalo to trade the leather pelts and such, and also because buffalo tongue was considered a delicacy. Many buffalo died because of this, and the Native Americans had an extreme amount of respect for the animals, believing that gods embodied themselves within them. So, in conclusion, No.

Answer 3

No
Native Americans didn't wipe out the buffalo or horses of America. I'm just going to say Native Americans where not the only ones that ate horses and buffalo. The French still eat horses to this day.

Answer 4

First,horses are not native to the Americas;they were brought in origanally by the Spanish. The native Americans quickly grasped the value of thes animals and learned to raise and use them. They were valued highly and eaten only in dire emergencies.
As for the bison,before the arrival of the white populations,their numbers were astronomical. The two populations were balanced
well enough that the harvest of these animals did not harm the overall herd numbers.
However, with the arrival of settlers,miners,the railroads and
the military to protect them,the situation changed. The native people were not inclined to leave their homes and lands and the
new arrivals were not inclined to have them stay. One of the easiest ways to destroy a people is to eliminate what sustains
them. The railroads and the military encouraged massive
slaughter of the bison. Their efforts were so successful that the bison were driven to the edge of extinction. Without the animal that provided food,shelter and warmth the Plains Indians were starved into submission.

Answer 5

You should pay more attention in school. The Indians worshiped the wild animals & only killed what they needed to survive. Then white man came & killed for fun & money Which led to wipeing out the buffalo & other species.Do you're homework dude.

Answer 6

Horses were brought to the Americas by Europeans.
Native Americans killed only the buffalo they needed, and they used every part from the bone and sinew for tools and thread to the meat, to the hides.
It was white man who killed buffalo from trains for sport, and killed scores just for their hides, leaving the meat to rot.
You my friend, have your history a little confused.

Answer 7

No. Buffalos were wiped out not because of NATIVE AMERICANS, but because of the white settlers who hunted them.

Horses still run wild in some parts of the US. Horses were not eaten but were used as a source of transportation. Once again, it was the white man who took the wild horses and used them for their own uses.

Answer 8

No, Indians didn't kill all of the horses, and we still HAVE wild horses. The problem is that we're destroying their habitat so they don't have anywhere to go. (Mustangs).

Buffalo were brought to the brink of extinction by white hunters. Luckily, some other white people put a stop to that.

Answer 9

No, the American settlers brought them all into captivity. Although there still are some herds in wildlife preserves.

And Americans were the ones killing the buffalo by just shooting them as they rode past on trains.

Answer 10

There are still wild horses and wild buffalo in the usa

Answer 11

I'm pretty sure horses aren't native to America, they were brought over from other countries.