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Jim Kershner’s this day in history
The blind and ancient Chief Massalah (today spelled Masselow) reached the end of his 60-plus years as leader of the Kalispel Tribe.
Massalah was carried to his final big council gathering on the Pend Oreille River, where he declared that he was “gopt” (tired) and no longer able to rule his people.
He proposed that Chief John be declared leader in his place, according to Father Louis Taelman, the president of Gonzaga College, who was there conducting Corpus Christi services for children.
Massalah, 86, would go on to live until 1920.
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Paul Foy Associated Press
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Faster conveyor belts would also be allowed
Kim Geiger Tribune Washington Bureau
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