"Scalping" Topic
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marco56  | 06 Sep 2017 5:10 p.m. PST |
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| Greylegion | 06 Sep 2017 5:18 p.m. PST |
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| rmcaras | 06 Sep 2017 5:30 p.m. PST |
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| ZULUPAUL | 07 Sep 2017 2:36 a.m. PST |
This has Dawghouse written all over it. |
| marco56 | 07 Sep 2017 7:43 a.m. PST |
Why ZuluPaul?It's a historical topic.A lot of people would like to hear the truth about it.
Mark |
| goragrad | 07 Sep 2017 3:52 p.m. PST |
Interesting that scalping was adopted by a number of cultures in both the Old and New Worlds. Of course, as noted it was an easier trophy to deal with than an entire head. As to Halifax – another convenient excuse for outrage. |
| Father Grigori | 08 Sep 2017 6:37 a.m. PST |
I've got a paper somewhere which discusses pre-Columbian scalping in America. One thing that came out of reading it was that the native Americans seemed to value the scalps of children and women more than those of warriors. The reason seems to be that to get them they would have to infiltrate the camp or village, so they were seen as a more difficult target. Some of the evidence is a little disturbing, such as the small girl who seems to have been the victim of scalping twice in her short life… I don't have the title to hand right now, but I'll try to dig it up and post it. |
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