DCHP-1 Online
death song 
a dirge sung by or for an Indian at the time of his death.
- 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.
- 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.