Wrapping hooves was common when they were in rough territory. The Spanish introduced the horse into the Native American culture in the 1500's. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: Alli To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Yesterday Interesting. Never heard of the horses hooves being wrapped before. One thing I've been learning about the wild horses at least on this side of the country is that if there are rocks around some of the horses (not always all) is that they've learned to 'pound' their hooves on the rocks to trim themselves? Shadow Bear was horses common to the Cherokee people? Alli ;) > One of the reasons we didn't have horses where we lived ==it was before > we knew about iron horseshoes ==what we done was wrap the horses feet > with raw hide==if you ever seen a wild horse the hoofs are bad > looking==looks bad enough a horse someone told it is posible to trim > those hoofs==those hoofs aregrowing to the side some time the horse > might not walk again > > SHADOW BEAR > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Interesting. I knew of the introduction but didn't realize it was around the Cherokee People. Hmm.........looks like I will add horses to my research of history. This is interesting info. Joyce & Shadow Bear.......thank you Alli :) > Wrapping hooves was common when they were in rough territory. The Spanish > introduced the horse into the Native American culture in the 1500's. > > > Joyce Gaston Reece