# Whence Yeehaw? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 2, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-yeehaw/172531 "2003-05-02T02:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-yeehaw/172531/1 "2003-05-02T02:10:48Z")
Does anyone have cites about where/when the rebel yell (“Yeeeeeehaaaaaaa!”) originated? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-yeehaw/172531/2 "2003-05-02T02:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Punoqllads \* > \*\*Does anyone have cites about where/when the rebel yell (“Yeeeeeehaaaaaaa!”) originated? \*\* Never been bit by a fire ant, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-yeehaw/172531/3 "2003-05-02T05:48:30Z")
Here’s an [interesting piece](http://www.stonewallbrigade.com/rebel_yell.htm) on the story of the “rebel yell”. (Includes “rebel yell” sound bite.) > [@](#): > > We hear a great deal about the Rebel Yell, though no two people seem agreed on just what it was, or even on its origin. It has been variously described as “more overpowering than the cannon’s roar” and “a mingling of Indian whoop and wolf-howl.”; it was probably born on the hunting field. I know, from experience, that giving cry to a “rebel yell” down a corridor at work can give folk cause to seriously doubt your sanity. It was fun, tho’. 😃