I finished boiling the skull of the Indian, and cleaned off most of the flesh, after scalping him.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 8
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Friday, November 29, 2024
Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Saturday, November 15, 1862
Mail arrived, 8 for me. Snowy. S. V. Carr gone to Breckenridge. Sent a letter and Indian scalp to father.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 8
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