The Texas Canyon Battle Where U.S. Cavalry Captured 1,400 Native Horses — Then Destroyed About 1,000 Of Them
The sources indicate that the horses were driven approximately twenty miles from the canyon before being shot.
This distance put them far enough from the canyon that any immediate attempt by the families to recover horses would require traveling across open plains while under the threat of further army action — and the 400 horses retained by the army were enough to make such a recovery attempt dangerous.
The shooting of the horses was a utilitarian decision with consequences measured in the survival capacity of hundreds of people.
What The Loss Actually Meant
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