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In all his dealings with the Acadians, the Indian had found only unimpeachable faith and honor; but with the colonist of Massachusetts, there had been nothing but over-reaching and treachery: intercourse with the first had not led to a scratch, or a single drop of blood; while on the other hand a bounty of "one hundred pounds was offered for each male of their tribe if over twelve years of age, if scalped; one hundred and five pounds if taken prisoner; fifty pounds for each _woman and child scalped_, and fifty pounds when brought in alive."

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

The slain are scalped, that is, the scalp is circularly incised in the hairy part of the head and torn from the skull.

A JOURNEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1839 1839

I managed to get to their Powerstation show on a rare night out and it was pretty damn cool - but I'm not sure it was worth the $600 price tag scalped tickets were getting on TradeMe in the weeks beforehand.

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

Whenever they get "scalped," they feel woe-is-us victimized.

How the Edwards campaign blundered into hiring those bloggers. Ann Althouse 2007

Lindsay Beyerstein of the great blog Majikthise has an article in Salon about why she turned down the gig of blogging for the Edwards campaign before Amanda and Shakes were hired and then "scalped" by the extreme right.

Hullabaloo 2007

Lindsay Beyerstein of the great blog Majikthise has an article in Salon about why she turned down the gig of blogging for the Edwards campaign before Amanda and Shakes were hired and then "scalped" by the extreme right.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

He assured me that if I "scalped" the yard (i.e. cut it wayyyy short) that the grass would then grow.

unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000

Enlisting in the First Arkansas Regiment as a private soldier, and serving for twelve months as orderly sergeant; at the reorganization he was elected colonel of the regiment, and afterwards, on account of merit and ability, was commissioned brigadier-general; distinguishing himself for conspicuous bravery and gallantry on every battlefield, and being "scalped" by a minnie ball at Richmond, Kentucky -- which scar marks its furrow on top of his head today.

"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins

The ground having been carefully "scalped," palms are cut down, trimmed of their tops and cut to a length of from fifteen to twenty feet.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

They can readily be "scalped" off without any impairment of the sound tissues, by the use of the author's papilloma forceps (Fig. 29).

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911