Note 28 — THE WEENDIGOES.[28]
Reading edition
The radix of this word is not apparent. The term is used to signify cannibal, giant, monster. The plural termination in es is in accordance with the rule of number in English orthography, applied to originally foreign substantives ending in o, as in potatoes, mulattoes, &c., and previously applied in relation to Indian words, in Winnebagoes, Otoes, &c.