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Cayuse (Horse)

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The origin of the word is a Native American adaptation of the Spanish caballo, with the -s ending a noun form in Salishan languages.

A variant adaptation, kiuatan, with a Sahaptian -tan ending, is the main word for horse or pony in the Chinook Jargon, although cayuse or cayoosh was also used in some areas.

For this reason, some horses owned by Native American people were dubbed cayuse, often with derogatory intent.Two cayuses that made history were Nimpo and Stuyve who were depicted in Richmond P.

Hobson, Jr.'s book Grass Beyond The Mountains. Both horses had been captured by a local Native American named Thomas Squinas near Nimpo Lake in the Chilcotin District of British Columbia.

Hobson described the two cayuses as the best horses that he owned, because of their unrelenting spirit and hardiness that helped them survive the extreme conditions in northern British Columbia.

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Flu Press
6137351629 / 9786137351628
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09/10/2011
United States
108 pages
152 x 229 mm, 168 grams
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