Editing Scalping (section)

===Mexico===
During the [[Apache–Mexico Wars]] in 1835, the government of the Mexican state of [[Sonora]] put a bounty on the [[Apache]] which,<ref name="haley"/> over time, evolved into a payment by the government of 100 pesos for each scalp of a male 14 or more years old.<ref>History Of The North Mexican States And Texas, Vol. II 1801-1889, San Francisco, The History Company, Publishers,1889, Chapter 24</ref> In 1837, the Mexican state of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] also offered a bounty on Apache scalps, 100 pesos per warrior, 50 pesos per woman, and 25 pesos per child.<ref name="haley">{{cite book |first=James L. |last=Haley |author-link=James L. Haley |year=1981 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAfJwmMeq5IC&pg=PA51 |title=Apaches: A History and Culture Portrait |publisher= [[University of Oklahoma Press]] | page=51 |isbn= 0806129786}}</ref> Harris Worcester wrote: "The new policy attracted a diverse group of men, including Anglos, runaway slaves led by Seminole John Horse, and Indians — [[James Kirker|Kirker]] used [[Lenape|Delawares]] and [[Shawnee]]s; others, such as Terrazas, used [[Rarámuri people|Tarahumaras]]; and Seminole chief [[Wild Cat (Seminole)|Coacoochee]] led a band of his own people who had fled from Indian Territory."<ref>{{cite book |first=Donald Emmet |last=Worcester |year=1985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah41qFanhIEC |title=Pioneer Trails West |publisher= Caxton Press | page=93 |isbn= 0870043048}}</ref> Mexico's scalp bounties were infamously exploited by the [[Glanton gang]]: originally charged with fighting the Apache, the gang later began to take scalps from peaceful Natives and non-Native Mexicans.<ref name="TSHO">{{citation |last=Smith |first=Ralph Adam |author2=Sloan Rodgers |display-authors=1 |contribution-url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/glanton-john-joel |contribution=John Joel Glanton |url=https://www.tshaonline.org |title=Texas Handbook of History Online |date=1952 |location=Austin |publisher=Texas State Historical Association }}.</ref>