Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. one “Lifting Hair” in French Canada and Louisiana 20
5. two Hunting Scalps in the Atlantic Coast Colonies and Early American Republic 55
6. three Bounty Massacres in the US-Mexico Borderlands 93
7. four Scalping Atrocities on the Texas Frontier 134
8. five Volunteer Campaigning on the Pacifi c Coast 174
9. Conclusion 213
10. Notes 221
11. Bibliography 281
12. Acknowledgments 319
13. Index 323