Born under the name Little Elk, O-ge-ma Ke-ga-to (or Ogemaw Keketo) did not become chief by lineage. He was a well respected warrior and highly regarded because or his oratorical skills. Because President Madison was demanding to have more council with the Ojibwa clans, Little Elk was elected to be chief speaker at the the age of 21 by tribal council. In doing so, he became Ogemaw Keketo, which means 'chief speaker.'
Born under the name Little Elk, O-ge-ma Ke-ga-to (or Ogemaw Keketo) did not become chief by lineage. He was a well respected warrior and highly regarded because or his oratorical skills. Because President Madison was demanding to have more council with the Ojibwa clans, Little Elk was elected to be chief speaker at the the age of 21 by tribal council. In doing so, he became Ogemaw Keketo, which means 'chief speaker.'
Inscription
CHIEF SPEAKER OF THE CHIPPEWAS
BORN ABOUT 1794, ELECTED CHIEF 1815,
SPOKE AT TREATY 1819, SPOKE BEFORE
CONGRESS, 1837, DIED, 1840.
FIRST BURIED ON PROPERTY NOW KNOWN
AS TWENTY SECOND AND WATER STREETS.
IN COLONEL'S UNIFORM OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION - A GIFT FROM PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON, WHO WAS IMPRESSED WITH
HIS GREAT ELOQUENCE AND INTELLIGENCE.
REBURIED IN 1877 ON PROPERTY OF
WILLIAM R. McCORMICK, HIS REMAINS NOW
REST BENEATH THIS STONE IN THE
LOCALITY WHERE HE HELD HIS COUNCILS
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