On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:27:22 -0500, mark wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> For meat, the Comanche ate buffalo, elk, black bears,
> pronghorn antelope, and deer. When game was scarce the
> men hunted wild mustangs, sometimes eating their own
> ponies.

Bear in mind that there were no horses in the Americas from about 7000 BC  
until the 16th century, so this wasn't a staple of the historical native  
American diet.   It does illustrate, however, that man is an opportunistic  
hunter, and will eat whatever he can catch, if he's hungry.

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   Robert Kesterson
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