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Indian Horse Race at Wenatchee Council in 1879
A vivid 1887 recounting of a Wenatchee council in 1879 when Methows Chelans and Wenatchees gathered for negotiations. Indians from rival tribes bet huge sums on bareback ponies racing a mile along a grass plain with a horsehair lariat finish line.
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