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Ka-Ton-Ka patent remedy was Oregon’s own, sort of

Ka-Ton-Ka patent remedy was Oregon’s own, sort of

Update: 2025-08-11
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In the mid-1870s, a fast-talking East Coast hustler teamed up with a famous half-Native Indian scout to cash in on his fame with a line of dodgy faux-Indian patent remedies — and the Oregon Indian Medicine Co. was born. (Warm Springs Indian Reservation; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1812c.ka-ton-ka-donald-mckay-warm-springs-indian-medicine.html)
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Ka-Ton-Ka patent remedy was Oregon’s own, sort of

Ka-Ton-Ka patent remedy was Oregon’s own, sort of

Finn J.D. John