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Last of a Mighty Tribe Seer Chief Sko-Las-Kin Ends His Reign
An aged Spokane River valley chief Sko-Las-Kin, a hunchbacked seer in his seventies, once led a large following. Threatened with removal to McNeill's Island, he resisted and proclaimed the Great Spirit's power, until guards detained him for nearly three years.
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