dance-of-the-braves

Updated: May 23, 2025

Accordingly, on the fourth of July the prairie near the fort, for two hours, rang with the excited shouts of the ball-players; and when this pastime was finished the "beggar's-dance", the "buffalo-dance", the "bear-dance", the "eagle-dance", and the "dance-of-the-braves" furnished entertainment for three hours more.

Marcus Lee Hansen - Old Fort Snelling: 1819-1858