Horses in the New World

I was wondering about how a different Vinland colonization scenario might affect the new New World.

What if instead of lasting 10 years and being highly-halfhearted, the Viking settlement was actively attempted and lasted closer to 60 or a 100 years, but still eventually was given up? A longer time period of colonization would mean that the Vikings would bring at least some horses and cattle to the New World, and when they gave up the colony, it is very likely that some of the horses and cattle would be passed to the Indian tribes, if the local Native Americans hadn't bought them already.

Therefore, 400 years before Columbus or someone Columbus-esque, horses and cattle are rapidly spreading throughout the New World at the same rate they did OTL. What effect would this have on Native American societies, especially considering they could utilize the new animals while not being dragged down by smallpox and European attacks and encroachment? How much more difficult would later European colonization attempts be?
 
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i find this subject fascinating. I also like to imagine what would happen if Columbus came to the New World and met Vikings instead of Indians, or both. I think what would happen is GB would most likely fail at trading with the Indians because they already have everything they need. This includes medicine, animals, weapons, and that sort.
 
Horses evolved in the Americas. They would still be around if they were domesticated by the new immigrants 12,000 years ago.
You would expect larger trade route empires and a faster expansion of crop plant cultivation. Probably better disease spread, and therefor disease resistance by native Americans.
 
I'm assuming that the Vikings in this ATL have a colony outside of Newfoundland, cause if they're still confined to Newfoundland, then those horses are just going to stay in Newfoundland and not spread beyond there.
 
This is actually not THAT hard. The Argentine Criollo breed started out as around 40 Spanish horses that escaped in the Pampas area. Due to the ideal environment, it look only a century for this small feral pack to grow to number a million.

Of course getting the natives to ride them would require more than chance encounters between man and horse. The concept of riding, the use of horse tacks introduced by Norse and Indian encounters would greatly speed up the creation of a native horse culture. OTL Indian horse culture was probably sped up by Indians observing horses being ridden by European settlers.
 
I was wondering about how a different Vinland colonization scenario might affect the new New World.

What if instead of lasting 10 years and being highly-halfhearted, the Viking settlement was actively attempted and lasted closer to 60 or a 100 years, but still eventually was given up? A longer time period of colonization would mean that the Vikings would bring at least some horses and cattle to the New World, and when they gave up the colony, it is very likely that some of the horses and cattle would be passed to the Indian tribes, if the local Native Americans hadn't bought them already.
If it lasted 100 years, it would have been permanent. Possibly not recognizable, possibly merged with one of the local nations who allied with them, but permanent.

Ja. Horses for riding. Cattle for food and clothing. Sheep for food and even more clothing. Huge.
 
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