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scalp cry Hist. 
a piercing cry given by an Indian after scalping an enemy.
- 1900 Even when the struggle between French and British for the possession of Canada was finally settled at the Heights of Abraham, and the aw-oh-aw-oh-aw-oh (the last syllable an octave higher than the rest, and prolonged till the chest was empty of air) of the [Iroquois] war-whoop or scalp-cry ceased to be heard in the East, men still fought over parcels of furs.
- 1900 Even when the struggle between French and British for the possession of Canada was finally settled at the Heights of Abraham, and the aw-oh-aw-oh-aw-oh (the last syllable an octave higher than the rest, and prolonged till the chest was empty of air) of the [Iroquois] war-whoop or scalp-cry ceased to be heard in the East, men still fought over parcels of furs.