George Bray Scalping

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In the Article written by George Bray, the author primarily cites primary sources rather than secondary sources. While discussing the topic of scalping, Bray introduces many historical figures that detail the process of this atrocious practice. Bray introduces the background of scalping and where it originated by using a French soldiers diary, that states “This horrible custom was practiced by these savages alone, and sprang from their own barbarism, for it seems never to have existed in any other nation, not even among nations, who, like them, have never received any idea of civilized life” (Bray, 1). When the author goes further into detail of scalping during the war, he then uses another letter written by the name of J. C. B. that states

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