부산대학교 도서관

The essay looks at the Second Seminole War, focusing on cultural, and symbolic aspects of the war's violence. It discusses the ramifications of the practice of retrieving skulls, scalps, and other body parts from dead enemy soldiers carried out by both the U.S. Army and the Seminoles. Topics include Seminole ethnic identity, the Seminoles' motivation to fight against removal from Florida to avoid being separated from their ancestral graves, and white scientists' study of Indian skulls.