Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 288
The Boy Pioneers 270 While we are on the topic of yells, "Wah! Wah! Wah!'' was and is still used alike by backwoodsmen and Indians to express admiration and applause; and "Whoo-ah!" or"Coo- wah!" is the Indian boys' … with a feather duster fastened to one end, also a bunch of streaming ribbons and a lot of turkey feathers fastened with strips of red cloth, as in Fig. 368.
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