Tâhkoo-skahng-skahng. This deity is supposed to be invisible, yet everywhere present; he is an avenger and a searcher of hearts. (Neill's Hist. Minn., p. 57). I suspect he was the chief spirit of the Dakotas before the missionaries imported "Wakân-Tánka" (Great Spirit).
The Dakotas believe in "were-wolves" as firmly as did our Saxon ancestors, and for similar reasons—the howl of the wolf being often imitated as a decoy or signal by their enemies the Ojibways.
Shee-shó-kah—The Robin.