After a school massacre, "settlers could collect $134 for the scalp of an enemy American Indian male above the age of ten; the bounty for women was set at $50."

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[–]In-the-clouds 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

We were told some guys with boxcutters hijacked a plane, causing it to crash into the World Trade Center, justifying a war with Iraq, which killed many civilians in that nation. And the military men that carried out the attacks got paid, too.

[–]Uroblenocks 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

On July 26, 1764, four Delaware (Lenape) Native Americans entered a settlers' log schoolhouse in the Province of Pennsylvania and killed the schoolmaster, Enoch Brown, and ten students.

Seems reasonable for the time? What's dis?