One horse.

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The destruction of at least 1500 horses under military necessity is the hallmark of Mackenzie’s “clearance” of Palo Duro Canyon. It took nearly a year for the last free band, Quanah Parker’s Quohadi’s, to return to Ft. Sill, after “the wrinkled hand chase” – a frigid winter of relentless hunger and hot pursuit. (Detail from painting by David Sprecher.)