Timeline: Scalp Bounties Targeting Tribal Nations in the Revolutionary War

This timeline reveals scalp bounties and campaigns carried out during the Revolutionary era by “Patriot” and British aligned forces. Bounties offered by military and political officials incentivized scalping, captivity, dispossession, and campaigns of ethnic cleansing targeting Tribal Nations throughout and beyond the thirteen colonies.

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