DCHP-3

death song

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a dirge sung by or for an Indian at the time of his death.

Quotations

1760
Before they begin to burn him, he sings his death-song for the last time; next he makes the recital of his valiant feats, and almost always in the manner that is most insulting to the by­standers.
1938
Accordingly, he was found guilty of murder, was led from his cell to the scaffold, and, with his death-song on his lips paid the penalty for his savage crime.