Interactive Map – Chapter 04: Horses and Guns Enter the Great Plains, c. 1600 to c. 1770

Horses and Guns Enter the Great Plains, c. 1600 to c. 1770

. Examine the migration of horses northward from Mexico into the Great Plains. What Spanish settlement served as a node for Indian access to horses?

. Examine the trade in guns. Which European settlement on the Mississippi served as a transfer points for the distribution of firearms among Plains Indians?

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