Tom
Re: Scalping
Tue Jul 24 17:28:03 2001


>the scalps of white folks, the natural enemy of the Indian, >not the other way around.

So you believe that the Indians did, as is generally believed, do the first scalping, or am I missing your point?

The way I've heard it, from sources you might not find credible since they're not always written down in books, is the way I originally wrote it.


>Either And makes little difference, as the eternal enemy of >the Indian was (and is to a great extent) the white man, of >whatever brand.

Unfortunately true.

>Indians weren't just standing around for the most part >awaiting for a white person to kill them, and stack up the >bodies. In 500 years all the tribes haven't been militarily >defeated, there are still the Seminoles in Florida.

True, for the most part they were killed by trickery such as being traded blankets infested with smallpox.

Sure, the Seminole are technically undefeated. Think they are on rezs like the others? They are.

>When the Indians became unfriendly, due to White man's >perfidy, and went to war, they usually engaged in all out >war.

Isn't that the name of the game?

Thanks for your post. You brought up some excellent points.

Tom