Volume 1 — ENDNOTES.
Reading edition
[1] See note at the end of this volume.
[2] wekolis] Whippoorwill.
[3] has been the custom… to worship on high places]
“About the cliffs
Lay garlands, ears of maize, and skins of wolf,
And shaggy bear, the offerings of the tribe
Here made to the Great Spirit; for they deemed,
Like worshippers of the olden time, that God
Doth walk on the high places, and affect
The earth—o’erlooking mountains.”—Bryant.
[4] help] Mr. Mathews (nice observer as he is), as well as many other foreigners, mistakes in adding an s to this word for the plural.