In The Book of Mormon Nephi reports in the wilderness when moving inland they found:

Book of Mormon 1 Nephi Chap18 v. 25
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…

The Book of Mormon has received severe criticism because of these statements. The Smithsonian in There "Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon" prepared by the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC SIL-76, Summer 1982 reports: "American Indians had no…horses, donkeys, camels before 1492 ( Camels and horses were in the Americas along with the bison, mammoth, and mastodon, but all these animals became extinct around 10,000 BC). Since That statement a number of findings have been made which are strange to say the least and require careful investigation. Some of these findings are shown below:

"In the following reference from a book by T.L. Tanton. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 167-Fort Williams and Fort Arthur and Thunder Cape Map-Areas ,pp. I -222. Ottawa.1931: "Relics were discovered July. 1918. in an excavation made by the Canada Car and Foundry Company about 80 feet north from the turning basin. Westforl. About twelve bones of a mammal and a finely made copper spearhead were found together about 40 feet below the surface of the ground. The materials found were submitted to the Geological Survey and Harlan l. Smith, archeologist, reported the results of examination as follows .'.According to Mr. Lawrence I. Lambe, vertebrate paleontologist of the Geological Survey and Mr. Sternherg, preparator of paleontological specimens. the bone marked B 11 . . . is of a cloven-footed animals. possibly a buffalo, or a specimen of domestic cattle.... Bones marked B 10 and B 12 to B 13 inclusive, Mr. Lambe and Mr. Sternberg both pronounced to be those of a horse and not petrified. Mr. Sternberg is convinced that most of them belong to the same individual. The point with the flanged tang made of copper marked C 1 is characteristic and typical of prehistoric Indian handiwork.'

Griffin and Quimby. who investigated the site in 1957, noted that if the bones and copper artifacts were found in situ, they predate the Nipissing stage of the Lake Superior basin (pre-2000 BC) since they were on a bed of blue clay under layers of sand deposited by flooding during that period. Quimby, 'The Old Copper Assemblage and Extinct Animals,. American Antiquity, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 169-70, Salt Lake City, University of Utah.

Further evidence of renegade horses in the new world was found in a burial mound in Wisconsin. A horse's skull was found buried with other indian. artifacts which were subsequently dated to around 700 AD " Chuck Baily, Louisiana Mounds Society Newsletter 31 March 15, 1990 Page 4

"Survival of Pre-Columbian Horse?" Holland Hague has written to inquire if anybody has information about the possibility of the pre-Columbian horse having survived in this hemisphere. He included documentation of horse bones radiocarbon dated to A.D. years prior to Columbus that were then not followed up by the scholars involved. The pre-Columbian horse was supposed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago, when the satire-toothed tiger, mammoth, giant ground sloth and other large mammals in this hemisphere died out."Lousiana Mounds Society Newsletter 29 January 1, 1990 page 5

The above picture is from The article Peru's Incredible Ica Stones By John Dan Reib From The Ancient American November/December 1993. It is part of an estimated 100, 000 ancient carved stones discovered by Dr. Javier Cabera .from under lava layers in the Ocucaje Desert near Ica Peru. Dr Cabera set upon a search which led him to a tunnel under the Nasca lines. At present has about fifteen tthousand carved in his own museum in Ica. Swedish scientists have investigated his stones and find them sufficiently to be worthy of further investigation.

The Above picture of a bearded man and a horse is carved on the Temple of Palques, Chichen Itza, Yucatan Mexico . It was photographed by Otto Done and appeared in The Improvement Era December 1955.

The picture above is an ancient pictograph carved on rocks near Monte Vista Colorado and appeared in The Improvement Era October 1955. These carvings are considered by experts to be ancient.

A Moundbuilder pictograph of the likeness of an unbridled horse in Picture Canyon, Cirnarron County, Oklahoma, which shows that Indians in early times were acquainted with horses. This picture appeared in October 1955 Improvement Era.

The picture above was taken from page100 of the book The Mystic Symbol Mark of The Michigan Mound Builders by Henrietta Mertz ( Global Books 1986) and shows stone tablets carved by Michigan Moundbuilders.

The figure above is a view of an ancient Moundbuilder carving of a white limestone horses head discovered in North Salem New York. It is from the Book Saga America by Dr. Berry Fell page 57 and published in 1980

The picture above is a pictograph discovered in Anubis Cave Number Two in Colorado along with Ogam inscriptions and is taken from the book In Plain Sight Old World Records in Ancient America. By Gloria Farley 1994

The above picture is a pictograph from Picture Canyon, Colorado. And is considered by experts to be ancient. It was taken from the book In Plain Sight Old World Records in Ancient America. Page 349 By Gloria Farley 1994

The above picture is of a pictograph with ogam script on sholder discovered in western Oklahoma. It is considered ancient dating back to the Moundbuilder period.. It was taken from the book In Plain Sight Old World Records in Ancient America. Page 349 By Gloria Farley 1994

There are many other case that could be shown but they are similar to what we have already shown