num_pages: 278
description: Traffic in human scalps was part of the Colonial economy, an activity that was avidly pursued by Indians, by the French and by the English, whether in New England, in New York or Canada. Parisians were especially intrigued by scalps produced by Chief Escumbuit, who claimed more than one hundred of them—mostly English; he was the only American Indian to have been knighted by the French King over that feat. Ironically, these hunters of human hair were considered Noble Savages by many enlightened Europeans who memorialized them for their pristine and advanced civilized humanity. For, they “were born free, and the Europeans bound them in chains.”
language: English
title: The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki Ambush at Lovewell Pond?1725
titlecomplete: The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki Ambush at Lovewell Pond?1725
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Branden Books