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Scalp bounty extermination laws enacted along the Mexican border.

1850

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The laws, primarily enacted in Chihuahua and Durango near the U.S.-Mexico border, create a class of "Indian hunters" and remain in effect until the end of the 19th century. State governments make payments to settlers for proof of "land clearing." Settlers are given the right to claim and homestead land if they can prove they have cleared it of both trees and Native people.