Indians of the plains

No OTHER PRIMITIVE people have stirred the interest and imagination of the civilized world as have the North American Indians of the Great Plains. For thousands of years before the first European explorers appeared on the grasslands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, the Indians of this region boldly hunted the big, shaggy buffalo on foot. Acquisition of the European horse transformed these plodding footmen into some of the most daring and skillful horsemen in the world. They became more efficient big game hunters, more aggressive and fearsome warriors.