Ogema, Chief,—Oge-má-kwá—female Chief. Among the Algonkin tribes women are sometimes made chiefs. Net-nó-kwa, who adopted Tanner as her son, was Oge-mâ-kwá of a band of Ottawas. See John Tanner's Narrative, p. 36.
The "Bridge of Souls" leads from the earth over dark and stormy waters to the spirit-land. The "Dark River" seems to have been a part of the superstitions of all nations.
The Jossakeeds of the Ojibways are soothsayers who are able, by the aid of spirits, to read the past as well as the future.