I didn't particularly care for her, but let's get the facts straight. SPOILER ALERTS
1. She didn't "have her men steal the Eohippus." Miguel stole it on his own. Her other son picks up the bag with the Eohippus inside and she states, "No! Leave it. He who takes from Gwangi the evil one is cursed." The man defies her and takes it anyway, saying, "Only by an old woman's tongue." The old woman persists, saying, "If he (the Eohippus) does not go back to the Forbidden Valley, we shall all suffer a terrible fate." He mouths off, "Keep your superstitions to yourself, old woman!" and walks away with the bag. She says, "Fool! One day he will learn to obey the law of Gwangi. Or, like his brother, he will perish!" 2. "which leads Tuck and the others to the valley" Nope--The archaeologist was led to the valley from wanting to do scientific research and Tuck was led there -- the first time, at least -- motivated by greed and the thought of selling the horse to a rival circus. 3. "Where they encounter Gwangi and get attacked" yeah because of the aforementioned reasons, and their stupid decision to go after the Eohippus which had rightly been set freed by the gypsies. 4. "Which results in Gwangi taken captive" --again, humans' fault. They should have first attempted to get Gwangi back to his valley (fault of humans that he left the valley in the first place) -- and if not, killing him would have been better than the fate they had planned for him, taking him back to town so they could profit on him in a circus; 5. the dwarf releasing Gwangi was the two gypsies' attempt to set things right, since the other humans had failed to do so. She had no reason to think the greedy circus folk would ever let him go (and she was right; they wouldn't have and there was no reasoning with them).
Another post below; (ran out of room).
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