Author: Anthony F. C. Wallace

Cited by

• Thomas Perry (1)
  • IN: Dance for the Dead (1996) Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adventure fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The common aim of all war parties was to bring back persons to replace the mourned-for dead. This could be done in three ways: by bringing back the scalp of a dead enemy (this scalp might even be put through an adoption ceremony); by bringing back a live prisoner (to be adopted, tortured, and killed); or by bringing back a live prisoner to be allowed to live and even to replace in a social role the one whose death had called for this "revenge."
    FROM: The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca, 1969, (1969), Book, US/Canada