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Wild Horses of the Carolina Plains

Record #:
9903
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Abstract:
Wild horses, thought to be descendants of domesticated horses that were abandoned by Spanish colonists in 1526, once roamed the grassy plains between the Great Caw Caw Swamp and the Waccamaw River in Brunswick County. Despite attacks by wolves and panthers, domestication by Indians and European settlers, and a yearly round-up that still occurred as late as 1897, the wild horses endured for approximately 400 years.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 1, June 1972, p12, 24, il