Chapter XI: Part 11

[22] The Bridge of Stars spans the vast sea of the skies, and the sun and moon walk over on it.

[23] The _Miscodeed_ is a small white flower with a pink border. It is the earliest blooming wild flower on the shores of Lake Superior, and belongs to the crocus family.

[24] The _Ne-be-naw-baigs_, are Water-spirits; they dwell in caverns in the depths of the lake, and in some respects resemble the _Unktehee_ of the Dakotas.

[25] _Ogema_, Chief,--_Oge-ma-kwa_--female Chief. Among the Algonkin tribes women are sometimes made chiefs. _Net-no-kwa_, who adopted Tanner as her son, was _Oge-ma-kwa_ of a band of Ottawas. See _John Tanner's Narrative_, p. 36.

[26] 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.

[27] The _Jossakeeds_ of the Ojibways are soothsayers who are able, by the aid of spirits, to read the past as well as the future.

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