1 Nephi 18:25

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25 And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of promise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of copper.

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If Joseph Smith had been writing the Book of Mormon instead of translating it from ancient records, he would have been very foolish to have included references to horses on the American continent in Book of Mormon times. (1 Nephi 18:25; Enos 21.) In 1830, nearly all the historians and scholars were convinced there had been no horses on the American continent before the coming of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Columbus</st1:place></st1:City>. After the Book of Mormon was published, however, archaeological discoveries were made that clearly indicate that horses were in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region> before <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Columbus</st1:place></st1:City> arrived. In the asphalt deposits of Rancho LaBrea in southern <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>, numerous fossil remains of horses have been found that antedate Book of Mormon times. Although these discoveries do not absolutely prove horses were in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region> in the time period covered by the Book of Mormon (about 2600 B.C. to A.D. 421), they do prove horses were there before the coming of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Columbus</st1:place></st1:City>.

Daniel H. Ludlow, A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, p. 117<o:p></o:p>