Indian braves, assembled at Inchelium for their last powwow before Coulee dam waters flood the lands of their ancestors, will hold counsel tonight around the teepee of Jimmie Woodchuck, pure blood Colville tribesman.
Sunday afternoon Spokane scoutdom's crack fire-by-friction team will arrive for combat. Ten thousand Indians fear the wrath of the Great Spirit if they lose, while Spokane Boyscouts will return home with a ceremonial spear award, win or lose, says K.G. Coleman, Inchelium business man.
The boys, Bill and Bob Long of Troop 45; Wade Kragelund of Troop 18, and Bill Reilly of Troop 5, compose the picked team accepting Jimmie Woodchuck's challenge and have been practicing for nearly a month.
INDIANS GO MODERN
Indians from eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana and eastern Oregon are camping in and around Inchelium. The marks of civilization are plainly apparent, Mr. Coleman reports, automobile and trailer displacing horse and teepee.
Besides Indian ceremonial dances and events, a handicap horse race down a mountainside, entailing a treacherous swim across the Columbia, is scheduled for Sunday.
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