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The Dawn Horse According to paleontologists, evolutionary biologists, and their "fossil record", Eohippus (also known as Hyracotherium) was the remote ancestor of the modern horse, appearing in North America during the Eocene epoch, fifty-five to thirty-eight million years ago. The "Dawn Horse" was about the size of a terrier. Later, larger horses were an important food source for native people, but they became extinct on this continent several thousand years ago. Katie Rauh saw this skeleton in the museum when were working together in Terra Incognita, and we both adopted Eohippus as an emblem. I wrote the song "Eohippus", which has been part of every show I've done since. When the Spaniards reintroduced the horse to North America, it was in some sense the return of an old friend. When I decided to put together my first web site, there was no question what I would call it. To me, Eohippus is a good symbol for the cycles of time, connecting the living past with the living future, in the eternal present. |
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eohippus i am eohippus, oldest of my famliy. i am eohippus, oldest of my family. it's my blood that keeps you warm - i visit you when the sun goes away. it's my blood that keeps you warm - i visit you when the sun goes away. i follow you softly on a lonesome trail, wind caressing me with your smell. i follow you softly on a lonesome trail, wind caressing me with your smell. i follow you until the dawn - leave you at the light of day. i follow you until the dawn - leave you at the light of day. watch the way i'm shaking my tail! fanning into the morning sky. watch the way i'm shaking my tail! fanning into the morning sky. see the shape i leave to haunt you - see the shape i leave to haunt you - feathery cloud is still above you. feathery cloud... i am eohippus, oldest of my famliy. i am eohippus, oldest of my family. oldest of my family. |
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