Doubt it,, but they should. The Comanches were an inhuman nightmare. Destroying any horses they could was a great way to attack them. Horses were their mobility and wealth,,,
Custer did the same thing at Washita,,
The Indians as a whole were feared, hated and detested. But from what have read, unless egged on by one white ally or another, every warlike act committed by them was in defense of their homelands.
At Washita, Custer attacked a village of southern Cheyenne and Arapaho there under direction of their Indian agent. The Indian dead were for the most part women and children. After the initial attack, with many Indians from other villages approaching, Custer rapidly and cowardly retreated, leaving his dead and wounded to the tender mercies of the enemy.
Custer also abandoned a unit of 20 men under Major Elliot and they were wiped out to the man.
I will admit that to settle the country and the resulting clash of cultures, what was done to the Indians had to be done in one way or another, For they were a proud warlike people who otherwise would never have succumbed to the will of the whites by so called peaceful methods of the time.
The Indians as a whole were feared, hated and detested. But from what have read, unless egged on by one white ally or another, every warlike act committed by them was in defense of their homelands.
At Washita, Custer attacked a village of southern Cheyenne and Arapaho there under direction of their Indian agent. The Indian dead were for the most part women and children. After the initial attack, with many Indians from other villages approaching, Custer rapidly and cowardly retreated, leaving his dead and wounded to the tender mercies of the enemy.
Custer also abandoned a unit of 20 men under Major Elliot and they were wiped out to the man.
I will admit that to settle the country and the resulting clash of cultures, what was done to the Indians had to be done in one way or another, For they were a proud warlike people who otherwise would never have succumbed to the will of the whites by so called peaceful methods of the time.