The Horse from the Gods
An Indian is interrupted at his prayers by a great saddled beast moving slowly towards him out of the rising sun. This is the beginning of a dramatised version of how an American Indian sees his first horse, is terrified by it and then learns to ride it.
It is 1541. Until this date no horse had been seen in North America. Then the Spanish Conquistadores brought them in their search for fabled gold and in doing so revolutionised the life of the Indian, and indeed of the whole continent.
A MICHAEL SYSONS production
Presented by DAMARISFLETCHER
Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS , PETER JONES