"Wendigo? Big foot? Never heard of it." Nanashi replied in curious manner.

He stood up and prepared his straw hat and ready his katana. "I shall scout a little bit to check some nice soil for the burial. I don't mind accompany if you are concern."

"You guys (the sailors). Find or make some tool that we can able to dig up. About that faithful woman mother over there. Give those perished a peace. I'm a foreigner. I guess you know your common folks religion. 

Nanashi head inside the forest. He is fine if someone willing to follow him. He does not go deeper, just to look for a good spot to bury for a mass grave.