warfeasts

Updated: May 27, 2025

There were warfeasts, and scalp-dances, with warlike songs and savage music; all the inhabitants were arrayed in their festal dresses; while the old heralds went round from lodge to lodge, promulgating with loud voices the events of the battle and the exploits of the various warriors.

Washington Irving - Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains