Robert McGee, a man who was scalped as a child by the Sioux Chief Little Turtle, 1864.
In 1864 13 year old Robert McGee was headed west on the Santa Fe Trail with his parents. They died along the way and the boy, orphaned, continued the journey with a wagon train bringing supplies to New Mexico. Somewhere in the western reaches of Kansas the soldiers tasked with guarding the wagon train got delayed and the civilians were set upon by a band of Brule Sioux Indians, led by their chief, Little...
Robert McGee - Scalped As A Child - 1864.
In 1864 13 year old Robert McGee was headed west on the Santa Fe Trail with his parents. They died along the way and the boy, orphaned, continued the journey with a wagon train bringing supplies to New Mexico. Somewhere in the western reaches of Kansas the soldiers tasked with guarding the wagon train got delayed and the civilians were set upon by a band of Brule Sioux Indians, led by their chief, Little...
Robert McGee - Scalped As A Child - 1864.