schalp

Updated: July 25, 2025

"So it is a school to learn how to shoot and scalp." "Schalp! Vot's dot?" "Cut an Indian's top-knot off with a knife, this way," and Tom made an imaginary slash at Hans' golden locks. "Ton't do dot!" stammered the German boy, falling back. "No, I ton't vant to learn to schalp, noputty." "But you are willing to fight the Indians, are you not?" put in Sam. "We are all going to do that, you know."

Edward Stratemeyer - The Rover Boys in the Jungle : Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa

I'm sure they don't want me schalp anyway, for me hair is too short." I told Jim Davis to go to Wild Plum Ridge and then follow the trail to Sand Point, for him to signal me the same manner as Mike and I would answer him in the same manner. Everything being understood between us we separated, each taking his appointed route, and I striking direct for the late emigrant camp.

William F. Drannan - Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains : An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West