The replacement of that wealth, in the reservation context, was not possible through the mechanisms that had built it.

The open range for horse breeding was gone.

The buffalo that had provided the trade goods with which horses could be acquired were nearly gone.

The freedom to move and raid and trade across the Plains that had allowed the Comanche to build their herds in the first place was gone.

The horse destruction at Palo Duro was also, in this sense, a capital confiscation.

The Tonkawa Scouts And Their Context