Neath cornflowered skies
Veiled clouds merely passing;
My friend is smiling
Every horse is everything
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.- Leo Buscaglia
Sakakawea’s first horse was a Nokota
Sakakawea is one of the most famous women in American history.
The statue in Bismarck, ND
She was the young woman who guided Lewis and Clark on the Corps of Discovery for the North West Passage from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Even if the meaning and result of the endeavor may be deeply questioned, her personal efforts were crucial for the expedition’s success and survival, but this is another story.
What caught my attention this time is that reliable information about Sakakawea is scarce, but the general opinion and most history books says Sakakawea was born in a subtribe of the Lemhi Shoshone called the Agaidika tribe, Idaho. In the year 1788, at age twelve, she was taken captive by the Hidatsa to a village in present day Washburn, North Dakota.
However, oral history of the Hidatsa-Mandan tells a different story. It seems that what once started as…
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First October Haiku
Long midday shadows
Horses feel the change but still;
Warm sunny weekend
Open Letters: What do YOU think about BLM Advisory Board’s Recommendation to Slaughter 45,000 Innocent Wild Horses?
R.T. Fitch ~ Wild Horse Freedom Federation
“You know MY thoughts and it is way too early to commit my words to text; not many of them are multi-syllable and most only have four letters. (I have managed to create an entire sentence utilizing only one cuss word, and it makes sense)
Link to unedited transcript from Bogus BLM Murder Board Meeting, yesterday: https://app.box.com/s/xo1xlqq58stg8fdg99guskpk59u1nxr0
Listed below are thoughts from many of our esteemed colleagues and I strongly encourage you to add yours AND to forward them to the email addresses supplied by Carol Walker, below. The bloody bastards! (sorry, that just slipped out)” ~ R.T.
The Perfect BLM Long Term Holding Facility
Carol Walker ~ Director of Field Documentation for WHFF
“The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has just voted in favor of killing all the wild horses currently in short term and long term…
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Thought of the day
Horses are not humans; a phrase most horse people have heard before. Meaning horses do not react at all like humans do, very true of course and obviously a very important lesson in horsemanship. Yet it does depend on what kind of human we refer to.
Wish you a Happy New Year
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
