Reading Notes "Tradition of Finding Horses"

The Ponca tribe was traveling along a river one day. They came to a point in the river where they could cross, so they decided to do so. They had never come to this point before so when they crossed it they had no clue what they would see on the other side. Ther crossed the river and saw this new creature that they had never seen before.

We know that this was a Comanche Indian on a horse but the Ponca tribe mistook them for one animal. Then the Ponca realized that they had encountered the Comanche tribe. They had had many battles with the Comanche tribe before so this was no different than the previous meets before so they had a great battle then and there. After the battle, the Ponca had won because they were much more advanced in battle techniques than the Comanche.

There was one injured Comanche Indian on the ground and before the Ponca tribe killed him he said: "You speak our language, are you a part of our tribe?" The Ponca's responded and said no one of your men came back from the dead after a battle and taught us your language. The Comanche said we speak the same language, we should be at peace. So the two tribes were at peace, the Poncas traded better battle equipment to the Comanche's and the Comanches traded horses to the Ponca tribe. That is the origin of how the Ponca Indians got horses.

Bibliography: This story is part of the Great Plains unit. Story source: Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson (1913).

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