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To: The Philosopher who wrote (2513)	1/29/2004 2:42:32 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 7936

You have a penchant for making sweeping generalizations unsupported and unsupportable by facts. I called you on one. You can't support it with a single documented fact. That's all. You need verification that that the Colonists were involved with scalping? You never heard that before, is that what you are telling me? Sorry......I had no idea this was such news. Its late but here's two quick links: "According to official accounts of the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British did not fire in self-defense until besieged by rebel mobs who scalped and removed the ears of their victims. These techniques, in addition to such practices as shooting from cover, were considered dishonorable conduct. By 18th-century European standards, opponents were required to mass large formations of troops facing one another on open terrain." dreamscape.com "Americans certainly scalped Indians during the Revolution and after," says Colin Calloway, who teaches history at Dartmouth College. "They also stripped Indian corpses of skin."" And the British as well. hawthorneinsalem.org