Edith Downes on Indians in early Spokane.

ID: 5807 ~ Source: Interview with Edith Downes, May 20, 1970. Spokane Public Library, Voices of the Pioneers Oral Histories, 1955-1971, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov /Record/View/B696F48D2C9797D17F978A104EFC1418, Accessed June 3 2023. ~ Date: May 20, 1970

This file appears in: Chief Garry's Last Campsite: Tucked away on a forested bench of land over Mystic Falls, is the final homesite of one of Spokane's most famous residents.

In this 1970 interview. Edith Downes, now ninety-six, details her experience living alongside Indians in early Spokane. In it, she briefly alludes to the Indian's expulsion from the city as the flood of white squatters encroached on their homes, with Indian Canyon becoming one of their last refuges.

This file appears in: Chief Garry's Last Campsite: Tucked away on a forested bench of land over Mystic Falls, is the final homesite of one of Spokane's most famous residents.

Chief Garry's Last Campsite: Tucked away on a forested bench of land over Mystic Falls, is the final homesite of one of Spokane's most famous residents.

By Henry White

Past the northern trailhead of Indian Canyon Trail towards Mystic Falls, a large metal sign marks the last campsite of Spokane Garry, whose epic life including many of the most dramatic events for the…