Thursday, September 19, 2013

Flashback to Ghost Dance & Sage

Calico Mountain Mustangs Newest Residents of Wild Horse Sanctuary

On Sunday, August 22, 2010 the Wild Horse Sanctuary welcomed two Calico Mountain mustangs to its herd. The two mares were rescued by Wild Horse Sanctuary support. On Sunday, August 22, 2010 the Wild Horse Sanctuary welcomed two Calico Mountain mustangs to its herd. The two mares were rescued by Wild Horse Sanctuary supporter and author Terri Farley from a herd of wild horses from the Calico Mountains in northern Nevada that were part of a round-up conducted by the Bureau of Land Management last winter.

The two wild mustangs once roamed public lands near the tribal lands of the Shoshones in northern Nevada.
 “I was determined to rescue an adobe and white pinto mare with the rare Medicine Hat markings. Such horses were held sacred to some Native American tribes,” explains Farley.

Because the Shoshones last stand against invaders included the Ghost Dance, a ceremony of rebirth for fallen warriors, Farley began thinking of the Medicine Hat mare as Ghost Dancer. Terri Farley also rescued Sage, a sorrel filly who was captured on the same day as Ghost Dancer.

With a handful of supporters looking on, Wild Horse Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Dianne Nelson opened the gates at 11:00 a.m. and Ghost Dancer and Sage scampered into the Sanctuary, joining a herd of wild horses munching on hay from their morning feeding.

Terri Farley is the author of the popular Phantom Stallion series of books set in the Calico Mountains in northern Nevada and her fictional herds are based on the mustangs that roam there.

Labels: Calico mountains, ghost dancer, Sage, Wild Horse Sanctuary

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