The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist…In one of the bedrooms six of the children were found, one in bed and the others scattered about the floor. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)
The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Gus could not have been more taken aback if Call had come back scalpless. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)
I have seen men hang for hours on a cross, eyeless, earless, and scalpless, before the sharp beaks had eaten their way into their vitals. ' ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1989)
The Indians mourn for the dead but doubly so if they have lost their scalps, as scalpless Sioux cannot enter the Happy Hunting Grounds. ❋ Various (N/A)
It was not regarded as absolutely necessary to kill an enemy; if his scalp could be torn from his head, no more was required, and not infrequently a wounded man was left scalpless on the ground, writhing in speechless agony, to linger and die miserably. ❋ Jeanie Lang (N/A)
But not every sailor reached his destined port, for many were they who were sent by the pirates of the plains over unknown trails, to the shores of the great Beyond, their scalpless bodies left on the prairie, a prey to vultures and coyotes. ❋ Unknown (1893)
I do not know the purpose of this financial congress in which these geniuses from the hot belt are to gather; but unless I am mistaken you are looking around for some convenient retreat to go to when this Riggs litigation is over and you are turned out scalpless upon a cruel world. ❋ Franklin Knight Lane (1892)
Coppernol, lying half-hidden among the running hemlock, scalpless and cold. ❋ Harold Frederic (1877)
I had no doubt as to the nature of the object: it was a scalpless skull! ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)
We had afterwards the gratification to learn that the scalpless man survived his terrible mutilation; that under the protection of Peg-leg, he and Sure-shot were taken to the valley of Taos -- whence, along with the next migration of ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)
Within the lodge on a raised platform lay the scalpless bodies of two grown Indians, with their instruments of war and the chase beside them - it being the Indian custom to bury with the dead such articles as they believe will be required on a journey to the land of ❋ Unknown (1844)
Himself and companion returning from a hunting expedition, instead of the friends and relatives they expected to meet them and welcome them home from the fatigues of the chase, found only scalpless bodies and desolate lodges. ❋ Unknown (1844)
Hurrying on, in momentary expectation of a conflict, the stout hearts of our braves were appalled by his return without robe or arms, and scalpless — and with ❋ Unknown (1841)
The scalpless warrior, far in advance of the main party, once more discharged the duties of a spy. ❋ Unknown (1841)
