Morgan County News | 1940-06-21 | Page 8 | Spanish Wild Horses

r spanish wild horses horse the possibility that stra stray horses from coronados Coron ados expedition stocked the western plains with spanish 1 horses is slight says prof arthur S alton of the university of michigan who recently translated into english the muster roll of the early explorers comi companies lanies this record which gives a complete count by men with names rank number of horses or other animals armor and weapons was made on february 22 1540 at compostela compostella Compo stela in western mexico as coronados Coron ados men were reviewed by the viceroy and governor of new spain antonio de mendoza careful distinction was made in the document between horses ca ballos or stallions and mares yeguas yaguas ye guas inasmuch as only two mares are listed the possibility is rather remote professor alton says that the hordes of wild horses that once roamed the west were descendants from horses lost from the coronado band the muster roll bearing this evidence with an explanatory introduction tro has been published by the william L clements library