Category Archives: Ho-Chunk

Surviving a Scalping

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Scalpings on the frontier were legendary, often thought of in terms of Indians scalping Europeans. While that certainly did happen, they didn’t have exclusive right to scalping. Frontiersmen did it too, as did Scythians and European tribes such as the … Continue reading →

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Oto Indians

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Once again, the Carlisle records provided the name of a tribe I hadn’t seen before, the Oto Indians. The painting above by Karl Bodmer shows the Missouri, the Oto and the Chief of the Puncas (Ponca) circa 1840-1843. The Otoe, or … Continue reading →