questions about horsemeat

Francesca Knowles wrote:

And as a matter of fact, their use as food animals continued right along until the inspectors were gotten rid of just a few short years ago.

I grew up in the grocery business in this area and never saw horsemeat then or since aside from the 1# freezer packs labeled as dog food.
Your claim that the Indians regularly ate them doesn't quite ring either. Why would they kill the animals that were so important to their defense and hunting except when forced. I suspect they ate a lot more dogs than they did horses.
Personally with my experience with horses I wouldn't anymore eat one of them then I would eat a dog or a cat.