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Medicine Lodge River
river, United States
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Medicine Lodge River, river that rises in southwestern Kansas, U.S., and flows about 100 miles (160 km) southeast into Oklahoma to join the Salt Fork Arkansas River just above Great Salt Plains Lake. The river was probably named Medicine Lodge because the Native Americans of the region thought its waters had health-restoring qualities.