The EXPLORERS AND TRAPPERS CAME INTO THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR RICHES. THEY TOOK FURS, AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY COULD FIND.
In that half-forgotten era,
With the avarice of old,
Seeking cities he was told
Had been paved with yellow gold,
In the kingdom of Quivera -
Came the restless Coronado
To the open Kansas plain,
With his knights from sunny Spain:
In an effort that, though vain,
Thrilled with boldness and bravado.
Eugene Fitch Ware
THEY TOOK AND TOOK
BUT THEY ALSO LEFT ���..
THE HORSE.
THE HORSE WAS TO BECOME THE WEALTH OF THE PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS.
UNTIL THEY TAMED THE HORSE, THEY HAD USED HUMAN AND DOG POWER FOR TRAVEL - WITH THE COMING OF THE HORSE THEY COULD TRADE AND HUNT FARTHER FROM HOME.
LIFE WAS GOOD
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