The Influence of the Horse in the Development of Plains Culture (Pamphlet)
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Description
Author: Wissler, Clark (1870-1947)
Publisher: American Anthropology (offprint)
Pub Date: 1914
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair to Good. Stapled binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s name in pencil on upper front cover corner. One blue pencil mark on rear cover.
Notes: Pamphlet. Reprinted from the American Anthropologist (Vol. 16, No.1, January-March, 1914). I don’t believe this pamphlet is more than a hundred years old, but there is no indication of another publication date. It’s in too good of shape. When did the Indian tribes of the Plains “acquire” the horse? According to Wissler, the Shoshone were probably the first group to “acquire” the horse (through trade or theft), probably before the dawn of the 17th century, spreading it into the northern Rocky Mountains/Great Plains states and Canada (Montana, Idaho, Saskatchewan), and from there it was Katie bar the door. Lewis and Clark make no mention of the Mandan or Sioux having the horse, and that’s the very early 1800’s. If the Plains Indian tribes did not have the horse, arguably the greatest technological change in their histories, Manifest Destiny might have been Manifest Steamroller. VERY RARE in this edition.
