The profitability of scalping skyrockets in Chihuahua when they enact a scalping law and graded bounty: $100 for men, $50 for women, and $25 for children under 14. Many settlers and miners low on money turn to scalp hunting for a quick profit. In some cases, the bounty of one Indian is worth more than what Mexicans or American settlers could earn in a year. Apache and Comanche Indians were both popular with scalp hunters; for example, one bounty hunter in 1847 claimed 487 Apache scalps. (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Scalpin/oldfolks.html; https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/scalping-in-america-AvU3W-1ae0W3AjR4BHCvEg)