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I asked many questions he told the same straight story. Lewis & Clark were the [[underline]] first [[/underline]] white men seen by Nez Perce.- I asked the name of his cousin. 1st [[underline]] Farvis Sis sim nin was his answer.No horns on his head [[/underline]] or very little horns like an bull buffalo. died on the road back ([[?]] near Yellow Stone Park) he-Billy thinks) he was about 20 years of age. [[insert]] when he started [[/insert]] no wife-(was a doubter of the religion the Nez Perces). Billy remembers him well.- 
2nd He [[?]] (Rabbit skin leggins.) of the White Bird land [[(?)]]
was Block Eagles brothers son-(not the Block Eagle you know) Yellow Bull is from his land. He Rabbit skin leggins was the other young man of the party- the one who lived to get back to tell of the journey. 3d [[?]] (Man of the [[?]] one of the two older ones-his Mother Flathead father Nez Perce. died in St Louis 4th [[?]] za lah na [[?]]-(the streaking Eagle) was chief died in St Louis-was Kif ka frel i kins grandfather-a frafr al is - they went by [[?]] Trail same road as Lewis & Clark - you have about the same statement long ago. of course Billy did not know there ever was any doubts about this statement-you see by enclosed letter my private papers of Hudson Bay com-would be considered authority-At the time of [[?Semi Centenial]] here in 86. When all the old people were gathered & questioned Billys statements were [[?corroborated]]-Will I reply or not? Why did he not chalenge Dr [[?]] & Ells. ever yours [[signed]] [[?]] McBeth [[/signed]]