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Bill Williams Trapper Legend Dies After Lone Fight
A century ago Montana free trapper Bill Williams led eight men near Yellowstone then battled Blackfeet. he died in 1847 after years of beaver trapping and fighting Indians. Killbuck and La Bonte later found his grave and Williams’ Nez Perce pony.
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Montana
West
Old Bill Williams
Kit Carson
William Bent
Joe Meek
Killbuck
le Bonte
Jim Bridger
St. Louis
California
Bill Hamilton
Bill Williams
George Frederick Ruxton
Rockies
Ruxton
Williams
Yellowstone
Blackfeet
Marcelline
Bill
Greenhorn
Markhead
Yellowstone Park
la Bonte
Bent’s Fort
Arkansas River
Colorado
Lodgepole Creek
Taos
New Park