He likely meant "sliced or cut up," describing the appearance of the flesh 
after a severe lashing (viz: scalloped potatoes). Does the corpus of the 
good Reverend's writing display any confusion of words and/or bad spelling? 
If not, then I'll bet if he had meant scalped, he would have written 
scalped.

American Heritage Dictionary:

scalloped - transitive verb - 3. to cut meat into thin boneless slices


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Steen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:30 AM
> Subject: Scalloped
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>> In 1709 Rev. Francis Le Jau of St James Goose Creek Parish in SC wrote 
>> that
>> an Indian trader had "caused a poor Indian Woman a Slave of his to be
>> scalloped  within two miles of my house, she lived 2 or 3 days in that 
>> miserable
>> condition  and was found dead in the woods"
>>
>> Is "scalloping" some kind of torture or did he mean "scalped" ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Carl
>>
>> Carl  Steen
>> The Diachronic Research Foundation Inc.
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>> Columbia SC  29250
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