Scalp Hunters

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 throughout Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire.

See

• The Scalp Hunters by Alfred Kayworth and Raymond G. Potvin (974 Kay)

• "500 Year old Scalps" Andover Townsman, July 18, 2002, pages 9 and 10

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

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