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Article: BEFORE HORSES, DOGS TOTED BURDENS.(Local News)
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- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2009
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Byline: MARC SIMMONS
When the earliest Spanish explorers ventured upon New Mexico's eastern plains, they discovered Indians there, mostly Apachean-speaking, who were true "dog nomads." Most people I suspect, have never heard of them. But their way of life makes a beguiling story.
It is generally known that the Spaniards brought the first horses to the Southwest. In the pre-horse era, Indians dwelling on the open plains had only the dog as a beast of burden.
About them, Coronado in 1541 wrote: "They have dogs that they load, which carry their tents and poles and belongings." And he made reference to Moorish-style packsaddles with girths.
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