Powell traveled from Louisiana to Mexico, living there for about 12 years, and then to Cuba, Guatemala and California, taming horses.
[citation needed] He also was a polyglot, speaking five languages: English, French, Greek, Latin and Spanish.
[1] Powell says that the way became clear before him when he first realized that horses only offer resistance to humans because of fear.
To communicate calm and safety to the horse, nothing is more powerful than soothing touch.
The same procedure of desensitization is to be followed in regard to all things in the horse-human environment that might cause unneeded fear.