noun, masculine/sa.sa.kwa/plural: sassaquois
noise, racket; war cry, yell, whoop
“On raconte l'histoire d'un bon vieux pasteur français qui aimait beaucoup son monde. Un matin tandis qu'il se promenait autour de la ville il a entendu un sassaquoi, un seraille, un bruit qui l'a rempli d'horreur. C'était une bande de petits malins qui jurait de toutes sortes de noms sacrés.” — We tell the story of a good old French pastor who loved his people very much. One morning while he was walking around the city he heard a sassaquoi, a seraille, a noise that filled him with horror. They were a bunch of smart guys who swore by all kinds of sacred names.
From Plains Cree ᓵᑯᐁᐧᐤ (sâkowêw), Ojibwe zaasaakwe, or similar unspecified Algonquian word; possibly onomatopoeic.