2. Verb. (third-person singular of scalp) ¹
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Definition of Scalps
1. scalp [v] - See also: scalp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalps
Literary usage of Scalps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"For several generations before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the
Legislatures of different Colonies had offered bounties for Indian scalps. ..."
2. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1888)
"\\'e therefore pray that public rewards may be proposed for Indian scalps, which
may be adequate to the dangers attending enterprises of this nature/' On ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"50 A true Extract from the Minutes. WM. FRANKLIN, Clk.* Indorsed, Resolution of
Com". about Bounty for scalps, 9 Apr. 1756. ..."
4. Landmarks of Detroit;: A History of the City, by Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin, Clarence Monroe Burton (1898)
"Package number 1, forty three scalps of Congress soldiers, ... Package number 2,
ninety eight farmers' scalps; a white circle denotes that they were ..."
5. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"scalps! was the war cry of each adversary. These tokens of victory brought honors
and emolument. Scalping was a step forward in civilization, ..."
6. "1683-1920": The Fourteen Points and what Became of Them--foreign Propaganda by Frederick Franklin Schrader (1920)
"In the evening, after a successful raid, the Indians would stretch the scalps on
sticks to dry during the night, while the captured relatives, ..."
7. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1851)
"... Rewards for Prisoners and scalps herein after specified; and, therefore, as
a further Inducement and Encouragement to all his Majesty's Liege People, ..."
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