Like the word moose, wapiti is an americanization of a First Nation’s word. Wapiti meaning elk. It comes from waapiti, which in turn came from the word wap meaning white. Wap referred to the white tail and rump characteristic of the wapiti. The words moose and waapiti have similar linguistic origins: the algonquian languages. Coming up on Halloween, we thought we’d place a freaky cache. The container is a film cannister. Bring your own writing stick.