Story "Obtained by Frank La Flèche" by James Owen Dorsey (1890: 360). The story is told in Omaha language.

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Translation

The Dakota went on the war path. As they went, two went out as scouts. They heard a person singing.

hé-a-hee  zhe-hé-a!
hé-a-hee  zhe-hé-a!
hé-zhe-hé-e-hé!
a-hé zhe-hé-a!
hé-zhe-hé-e-hé!
e-há-huu-zhu-ú
he-zhé-a!
yá-a-hu!
é-zhe há-a-é-a!

They crawled up on him together. When they arrived very close, they peeped. Behold, he was a big wolf.