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"I won't. Similarly, I won't leave it up to contemporaries of Genghis Khan or Napoleon or any other historical figure to judge their actions - judging the actions of figures from the past is one of the reasons for the study of history."

You crack me up. You forgot to compare her to Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Mao, et. al. The list is long and distinguished and you wouldn't want to leave anyone out.

You forgot to compare her to Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Mao, et. al. The list is long and distinguished and you wouldn't want to leave anyone out.

I didn't compare her to anyone. You did. I was simply pointing out that your scalping heroine is an historical figure and her actions can and should be judged by anyone interested in her history, as should those of any historical figure. Your "see-no-evil" views certainly don't apply to the Indians who murdered her baby - you have plenty of problems with them. You just choose not to see the problem with a woman who needlessly mutilated fellow human beings, and that would crack me up if it weren't so morally and ethically sad.