The horses survived - the newspaper account did not explain how - but they were no longer able to serve.
Only 4,300 mules and 511 horses survived, less than half the original complement.
No horse could survive with two in the saddle.
Unlike other mammals, such as dogs, a horse cannot survive in humane circumstances on three legs.
But the horse, with its notable collection of virtues and adjustments, did survive.
"What horse can survive so far from water?"
'It may be that one horse survived the fire,' I told her.
It is not likely that the horse survived, though.
The Apache knew that few horses survived thus far the long trek from the white man's country.
The horses, on the other hand, had survived the long voyage in fine flesh.