[muawiyah]

Not everybody did those things, yet every society has had some of that sort of thing going on to a greater or lesser extent all the time. Eric Dahmer was not as much an aberration as some imagine.

[dennisw]

Right, not all tribes delighted in torture of captives after battle. Most did. Say 80% or so is my guess. No cable TV back then, you had to create your own entertainments

Plus it is a myth that Indian tribes battled over hunting grounds. This happened but the usual reason was a tribe went to war so the male braves could get more honor. Meaning more prestige and a higher leadership role plus another squaw or two in the tribe due to wartime bravery. Another reason was to capture more other tribes females to turn into your tribes wives and concubines to crank out more warriors and wives of warriors