dog-dance

For their amusement the Indians staged the "dog-dance", using for their victims two dogs which were presented to them by the officers of the garrison.

Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

There was a pretty violent dispute on the subject; but at length it was agreed that they should spare his life in the mean time, and perhaps have a dog-dance round him when they got to their wigwams.

The Dog Crusoe and his Master 1859

Such is the dog-dance, and to such was poor Crusoe destined by his fierce captors, especially by the one whose throat still bore very evident marks of his teeth.

The Dog Crusoe and his Master 1859

In the evening, these Indians entertained their visitors with the calumet and dog-dance; and with another dance, in which some of the men struck a post, and related their war exploits.

Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798

"The Tartars," he says, "had a similar custom of sacrificing the dog; and among the Kamschatkans was a dance resembling the dog-dance of our

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 Margaret Fuller 1830