Ranald MacKenzie was the real deal. A major factor in his breaking the Comanche’s will to fight was the capture of their women and children. It worked for John Moore when he hit the Comanches, 1840, on the Colorado. Worked for Custer 1868 (??) on the Washita, and Custer was probably intending to take captive at the Little Bighorn. It sure lessened the risk of counterattack on the way home.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
