[Georgia Girl 2]

“a bit of pure deviltry”

I would argue a bit of pure defiance.

[BroJoeK]

If you go looking for Indian war whoops, you'll find all kinds, some quite distinctive of southwestern Indians:

Southwest Indian battle cry

But others -- these Eastern Cherokee NC Indian whoops sound a lot like the old rebel yells:

Cherokee NC war whoops

And naturally, somebody wrote a song about it...

Indian War Whoop, from Oh Brother Where Art Thou