MUSTANG

Also bronco, small, semiwild horse of Mexico and the western plains of the United States. Descendants of Arabian and barb horses brought to North America by Spanish explorers in the 16th century and later combined with other breeds, mustangs adapted themselves to the western habitat and multiplied in large numbers. Subsequently many of them were captured, domesticated, and bred by native Americans, most notably the Cayuse people. These domesticated horses became known as Indian ponies or, in the northwestern U.S., cayuses. They had remarkable endurance and intelligence and were valued as saddle ponies. Today the several thousand mustangs that remain in the wild are threatened with destruction by ranchers who claim they damage grazing lands; they are also rounded up and used for dog food.

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