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Pioneer of the West William Hamilton Dies at Billings
A long tribute to William Hamilton known as Uncle Billy, a frontier scout and trapper who helped reclaim western Montana, dies at Billings Hospital on May 24 1908. The piece recounts his life from England to New Orleans St Louis and on to trades with Cheyennes Shoshones and various tribes. It lauds his sign language trapping prowess frontier leadership and service to settlers and pioneer life.
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