Word: scalps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Globe, Ariz., is the San Carlos Indian Reservation, where dwells many an Apache Indian. Along the road from the San Carlos Trading Post walked Theresa Reed, school teacher. Suddenly an Indian appeared, seized Miss Reed, beat her. Then, drawing a knife, he began to sever Miss Reed's scalp from her head. Fortunately, the operation was not completed. Screams from the victim attracted white men from the trading post. At their approach, the Indian ran, escaped. Later the Reservation Apaches were rounded up, three men arrested and paraded past the teacher's hospital bed, but she failed...
...Douglas' skull, rotting from a 5.000 h. p. electric shock two years ago,* had been removed piece by piece. For each piece his surgeons-Drs. R. E. Gaby and K. G. McKengie of Toronto-had grafted a piece of skin from his thighs to what remained of his scalp. Frailly covered thus was his brain...
...putting his track and field performers through final workouts for a supreme effort to break the five year string of Eli victories in the thirty-fifth dual meet at the Stadium Saturday. The unexpected power shown against the Green indicates that Yale will have to fight for another Crimson scalp, but the University will have to run wild to come out on the long end of the final count, judging from the records of both teams so far this year...
...hard hitting Freshman baseball nine added the fifth straight scalp to its string by pounding out an 8 to 5 victory over the Holy Cross Freshmen yesterday afternoon...
...crux of the ceremony was to burn deep into the shaved head of Wu Pei-fu nine brands, each the width of a man's thumb, and serving to remind him of his nine vows as a Buddhist priest; 3) The branding was made endurable by covering his scalp (except on the spots to be branded) with pieces of raw turnip, damp and coolingly efficacious...