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Indian Fighter Billy Hamilton: Frontier Scout of Montana
Ill health drove William T. Hamilton from St. Louis to join eight free trappers led by Williams in 1842. He proved fearless, earning a scalp during a Blackfeet encounter and befriending Cheyenne chief Washakie, as the party crossed the Big Horn and Wind River country before returning to Fort Bridger.
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William T. Hamilton
St. Louis
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Bill Williams
Jack Perkins
Hamilton
Williams
Independence
Columbus
Yellowstone Valley
Billy
Grim Reaper
Tenderfoot
Frontier
North Platte
Swift Runner
Roman Nose
Forsyth
Republican River
Big Horn
Wind River Mountains
Washakie
Hamalton
Yellowstone
Billings
Big Horn Basin
Thermopolis Hot Springs
Wyoming
Wind River
Evans
Russell
Hudson Bay
Uncle Billy
Thermopolis
Lk Water
Yellowstone River
Lady Loves
Crow Country
Fort Bridger
Great West
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Montana