They didn’t have any beast of burden to pull wheels. Horses were brought by Europeans. In fact, in America there were no large animals to domesticate. The closest animal to a cow would be the American Buffalo, and if you aren’t familiar with them they can’t be domesticated, even today. They have to be contained separate of any other animals because they will kill cows, horses, and anything else in the same pen.
I watched a really interesting video on YouTube once that used Buffalo as the reason why the indigenous populations of North America didn’t have diseases to effect Europeans. Basically because you can’t domesticate Buffalo you didn’t have a source of cattle to supply cities, because you couldn’t have large gatherings of people you didn’t have large outbreaks of deadly disease followed by the development of herd immunity.
There are some examples of domesticated bison. For the most part, though, they are way too aggressive to have any use outside of food. They can't pull carts, they won't allow you to milk them, and you sure as shit can't ride them.
They didn’t have any beast of burden to pull wheels. Horses were brought by Europeans. In fact, in America there were no large animals to domesticate. The closest animal to a cow would be the American Buffalo, and if you aren’t familiar with them they can’t be domesticated, even today. They have to be contained separate of any other animals because they will kill cows, horses, and anything else in the same pen.
I watched a really interesting video on YouTube once that used Buffalo as the reason why the indigenous populations of North America didn’t have diseases to effect Europeans. Basically because you can’t domesticate Buffalo you didn’t have a source of cattle to supply cities, because you couldn’t have large gatherings of people you didn’t have large outbreaks of deadly disease followed by the development of herd immunity.
There are some examples of domesticated bison. For the most part, though, they are way too aggressive to have any use outside of food. They can't pull carts, they won't allow you to milk them, and you sure as shit can't ride them.
Buffalo cavalry!