In this passage, the 1852 LDS edition replaced the present participial taking with the past participial taken, thus creating a conjoined predicate (“they had destroyed the people … and taken others captive into the wilderness”). As discussed under Mosiah 23:13–14, the evidence argues that the conjoined present participial “and taking others captive into the wilderness” here in Alma 16:3 appears to be the intended reading, despite its difficulty for speakers of modern English. The critical text will restore the original taking.
Summary: Restore the present participial form taking in Alma 16:3 (“and taking others captive into the wilderness”); evidence elsewhere in the text supports this difficult reading.