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Glad to be of help kaywoodie. Nothing more frustrating than trying to remember the title or author of a book and not being able to come up with it.

There was a case where Lehmann said they had been on a raid and raised some hell, but had the Rangers on their tail. They found a trail of some white-friendly Lipans and followed it only to peel off one at a time and the raiding party regrouped later. The Lipans paid the price and in white history the raiding Indians were punished. The actual raiders got away though.

Also interesting is how the captives, especially the males, once they got past the rough initial treatment, favored the Indian life. Riding, hunting, raiding, always on the move, adventure just over the horizon, would have to be better than guiding a plow towed by oxen waiting for a hail storm to wipe out your food supply. Many former captives said they had more to eat and life was easier with the Indians than living in a frontier cabin on starvation rations working from daylight to dark.