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Lafwai July 7th "94
Elder Billy Williams statement today about the fine[[?]]
who went to St Lo.in search of the Light or Bible,
1st Tifn[[?]] ya lah ma- Joek min (Black or sfreaking[[?]] Eagle)
was bhief. died in St Louis-She was Koifa lea frel i kins grand father a (Pak al is)-They went out by the Loolu
Trail, same Lt L. came in on. 
2nd Koa [[underlined]]ou[[underlined]] free man of the morning u. Day light,
one of the two older ones. Upis mother was a Hothead
his father a My Piece. Died in St. Lo. or [[underlined]]near[[underlined]] there.
3rd Hi jouts tohan (Rodent skin leggins) He was
from the lehile Bild hand (Pact Palouse [[^]]Indian[[^]] ([[underlined]]full[[underlined]] my.Peace)
was Black Eagles brothers son; yellow Bull is from the
same hand. He was one of the two young men. he [[underlined]] only [[underlined]]
lived to return. he met the My Peices in the Buffalo-
country (montano.) Told them all about his visit and the promise
to send one man with the look fo them. he merce came
back to his own land_no one knows where he died. likely with
the whites.
4th Fawn's sis sim min. Mo hans a litte hums
as on an old fuffalo, Upe was Billy's father's sister's siry[[?]]"
Hoe died on the road home. meae the mouth of the 
fellow Stine, he was about 20 years old when he started
her lino[[?]] horses were brought [[^]]back[[^]] meal. Lemhi, he was a derelter[[?]]
of Old beliefs. Billy thinks he was about 10 years old, when they started
A line ceffis of Billys statement that day. K.LM..[[^]]C[[^]] Beth