Ep. 298: Cooking Captain Cook
The MeatEater Podcast
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The Mexicans and the Navajos - And Is This the First Group We're Going to Go After?
The dina were a thriving, huge culture to the west of the rio grande a. They were expert raiders and could steal cattle from each other. General James henry carlton decided to go after them with scorched earth tactics. He burned down thousands of orchard trees in an attempt to destroy their food supply. The campaign was so successful that they surrendered within a year.
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