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The Role Of Horses In The Old World

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The Old World introduced horses, cattle, and sheep which helped the Europeans while they were settling. To the Natives most of these animals were harmful because they would destroy food crops. The horse however, made the lives of the Natives easier by helping them move and kill faster than before. Horses where one of the few things that the native peoples would want from the Europeans.

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