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In the mid to late 1700's the English government paid up to 100 pounds for each adult male Indian scalp. During the winter of 1724 - 1725 a settler named Lovewell and a pary of 80 embarked on a scalp hunting expedition.  They left from Dunstable and planned to raid the Pigwacket Valley in New Hampshire and Maine, but found a group of Indians in Saco Maine and scalped them.
In the mid to late 1700's the English government paid up to 100 pounds for each adult male Indian scalp. Scalping expeditions were organized that traveled from Massachusetts to Maine and New Hampshire.  
 


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Revision as of 14:34, 6 June 2007

In the mid to late 1700's the English government paid up to 100 pounds for each adult male Indian scalp. Scalping expeditions were organized that traveled from Massachusetts to Maine and New Hampshire.

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--Eleanor 15:22, June 6, 2007 (EDT)

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