Scalping humans I mean...
2007-01-03 11:19:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It was predominantly a right of passage and a show of courage. Sort of like hunters keeping deer antlers. Countrary to popular belief, this practice goes back before the American Indians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalping
http://home.comcast.net/~burokerl/scalping.htm
2007-01-03 11:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by Melli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indians hated the white man, they scalped them and keep the scalps as a trophy..
2007-01-03 19:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a bounty introduced by the Scots to the First Nations People to keep track of kills, for money or trade goods. That's a fact!
2007-01-03 19:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasnt it a way of proving how many you had killed ?
2007-01-03 19:23:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
power over enemies.
2007-01-03 19:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by Nabi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just being macho!
2007-01-03 19:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the power of fear, I think. also as trophies.
2007-01-03 19:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by niwriffej 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋