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Illustration of a scalp dance from the 1919 edition of 1884 children's book Indian History for Young Folks by Francis S. Drake [20] Scalping in the Americas predominantly arose from the practices of Native American tribes, and was later copied by European colonists on the continent. [21]
A conservative estimate of villagers who suffered scalping is 90%, but it could have been as high as 100%. This is based on skeletal remains that exhibit cuts on their skulls indicative of scalping. [13] Men, women, and children were scalped; the only difference was that younger children were cut higher on the skull than other groups. [13]
A 2005 episode of the History Channel series Wild West Tech featured an account of the Glanton Gang, focusing on Glanton's misdeeds as a scalp hunter. These scenes were filmed at Old Tucson Studios near Tucson, Arizona. In Kevin Costner's film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (2024) there is a subplot that is based upon the Glanton gang.
Incidents such as these prompted the Pennsylvania General Assembly, with the approval of Governor John Penn, to reintroduce the scalp bounty system previously used during the French and Indian War. [4] Settlers could collect $134 for the scalp of an enemy American Indian male above the age of ten; the bounty for women was set at $50. [8]
Hedren, Paul L. (2005). "The Contradictory Legacies of Buffalo Bill Cody's First Scalp for Custer". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 55 (1): 16– 35. JSTOR 4520671. Hedren, Paul L. (1980). First scalp for Custer : the skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 : with a short history of the Warbonnet Battlefield. Glendale ...
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James Kirker (1793–1852) was an Irish-born American privateer, soldier, mercenary, merchant, Mountain man, and scalp hunter. He is best known for his contracts with the Mexican government to enslave, kill and scalp Apache Indians. [1] James Kirker (signed Don Santiago at bottom of photo) 1847, by Thomas Martin Easterly
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