tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post7799889872011815152..comments2023-12-28T10:51:17.330-06:00Comments on Civil War Horror: Wild West Photo Friday: A Mexican Caballero in San AntonioSean McLachlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-58877510015074612132013-05-03T12:26:48.232-05:002013-05-03T12:26:48.232-05:00I think we've just stumbled across the next Da...I think we've just stumbled across the next Danny Trejo film...Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-67510493479567859872013-05-03T11:29:43.483-05:002013-05-03T11:29:43.483-05:00Great photo. I think Westerns have come a long way...Great photo. I think Westerns have come a long way. Just like everything else. Perhaps the change needs to come from writers.Rita A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00409173179296954621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-80806981010229778462013-05-03T10:33:45.802-05:002013-05-03T10:33:45.802-05:00There is a theory that the British introduced scal...There is a theory that the British introduced scalping during the early Indian wars as a way to have their Indian allies prove that they'd killed members of hostile tribes.<br />On the other hand, I do know of one archaeological site in Illinois from the Middle Mississippian Period (13th century AD) where at least one skull was found with scars from scalping. So while the British encouraged it, it was already in existence.<br />And then there are the Civil War bushwhackers. . .Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-40334619885134990192013-05-03T10:28:26.765-05:002013-05-03T10:28:26.765-05:00History is only as accurate as he who writes it.
...History is only as accurate as he who writes it. <br /><br />I agree with Alex - instead of all these old remakes, why not make a truthful movie about the West? Maybe one day. In some of my research, I read that the white man was the first to take scalps - I don't remember that from my history classes. . . D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-73564289819245500642013-05-03T08:51:38.139-05:002013-05-03T08:51:38.139-05:00Wow. A flock of birds could nest in that beard. I ...Wow. A flock of birds could nest in that beard. I wonder if it was the style of the times, or if vaqueros didn't have decent razors out there on the prairie. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498840600741973651.post-44859098153781778842013-05-03T07:35:03.342-05:002013-05-03T07:35:03.342-05:00Someone needs to make a movie that includes them.Someone needs to make a movie that includes them.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com