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    Posted: 03-Feb-2013 at 22:56
Contrary to Lost Cause mythology, incidents of murder, torture, rape, etc. during Sherman's 1864-5 campaigns were very rare, and when they did occur the targets were usually African-American.
 
There seems to be controversy as to whether scalping was already practiced by the Native population, or whether it was introduced by whites.
 
The tribes of the Pacific Northwest preferred to take the entire head from an enemy.
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see:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Scalpin/apaches.html

Edited by TheAlaniDragonRising - 04-Aug-2013 at 21:35
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"

S. T. Friedman


Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true'

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