In Westerns, I’ve heard fighters say, “Pick off the chief with the headdress on, and the rest will go away.” Did this really happen in the West?

In Westerns, I’ve heard fighters say, “Pick off the chief with the headdress on, and the rest will go away.” Did this really happen in the West? Cecelia Atkinson Bedford, Indiana The object in just about any battle or skirmish is to figure out who’s leading on the other side and try to pick them off. That would be true at the Battle of Adobe Walls, as well as the Battle of the Bulge. Indian war leaders often wore fancy headgear and other mementos of heroic acts from previous battl