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The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist…In one of the bedrooms six of the children were found, one in bed and the others scattered about the floor.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist…In one of the bedrooms six of the children were found, one in bed and the others scattered about the floor.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

Gus could not have been more taken aback if Call had come back scalpless.

Dead Man’s Walk Larry McMurtry 1995

Gus could not have been more taken aback if Call had come back scalpless.

The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

I have seen men hang for hours on a cross, eyeless, earless, and scalpless, before the sharp beaks had eaten their way into their vitals. '

The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

I have seen men hang for hours on a cross, eyeless, earless, and scalpless, before the sharp beaks had eaten their way into their vitals. '

A Witch Shall Be Born Howard, Robert E. 1975

The Indians mourn for the dead but doubly so if they have lost their scalps, as scalpless Sioux cannot enter the Happy Hunting Grounds.

Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various

It was not regarded as absolutely necessary to kill an enemy; if his scalp could be torn from his head, no more was required, and not infrequently a wounded man was left scalpless on the ground, writhing in speechless agony, to linger and die miserably.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

The scalpless corpse of Mrs. Hopkins lay across the threshold, with her head split open and her right hand almost severed from the wrist.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899