The Spokane Indians are of the Interior Salish group which has inhabited northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana for centuries. Tribal members fished the Spokane River, the Columbia River, and used the Spokane Falls as a gathering place for family and friends. The Spokanes lived along the river in three bands known as the Upper, Middle and Lower Spokane Indians. Chief Lot was an important nineteenth century tribal leader. Rickard D. Gwydir was an Indian agent at the Colville Indian Agency from 1886-1889, and then stayed in the Northwest where he had a long career in municipal and federal government. He died in Spokane in 1925.
From the description of Indian Account of the Settlement of the Spokane Country, 1906. (Spokane Public Library). WorldCat record id: 751996828
