N. Amer. Also 8 wewashkish. [repr. Odjibwa wawaskeshí (Baraga, Otchipwe Dict., 1880) = Cree wawaskāsew (Watkins, Cree Dict., 1865).] = WAPITI.
1796. S. Hearne, Journ. North. Ocean, 360. The wewashkish … is quite a different animal from the moose.
1896. J. Maclean, Canad. Savage Folk, 620. The Wapiti, known amongst the Cree Indians as Wawaskish.
