The Texas Canyon Battle Where U.S. Cavalry Captured 1,400 Native Horses — Then Destroyed About 1,000 Of Them
What was destroyed was the material infrastructure on which the free-ranging, independent life of the Southern Plains had been built for generations.
That distinction — between destroying a people and destroying the conditions of a particular way of life — is the moral complexity at the center of the Red River War.
The Headline And The Deeper Story
The headline of this article promises a battle where U.S.
Cavalry captured 1,400 horses and later destroyed about 1,000.
The Texas Historical Commission marker confirms both numbers.
The deeper story is why those numbers matter.
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