Note: captured in raids has too cases,
Case 1) clan A raids clan B, and clan A takes some people, and
carries/drives/runs them
back 20 miles to their steading.
Case 2) Clan A raids clan B, and a few people from clan A's raiding party
get caught in
unfamiliar terrain, and get brought back 1 mile to the chief's steading.
Case 2 seems much more likely to me.
Orlanthi men don't generally fight against other Orlanthi if the odds of
winning
are zero, that's what Humackti are for.
So I would argue that more men are taken in raids, but are normally kept for shorter times. The big risk in raiding isn't being killed, it's being caught and enthralled until you are ransomed, or can escape. (or even worse, while you are out raiding, your tula is raided, and they get more cows than you came back with.)
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