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Old Bill Williams the Lone Western Trapper and Missionary
Old Bill Williams ranged the Rocky Mountain frontier as a solitary trapper who sometimes joined bands for safety. He began as a Methodist circuit rider in Ohio, tried to convert Osage Indians, then embraced the Osage and Ute lifeways, becoming a famed loner and leader among trappers with rival warpaths and near-legendary escapes.
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