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  I see by Mr. James's remarks that he now thinks James White passed through the Grand Canyon before Major Powell, but he is mistaken. In White's original statement he speaks of only one big rapid, whereas the Grand Canyon has a great many.
  It will probably always remain a subject for controversy but for my part I feel sure that White never saw the inside of the Grand Canyon.
  I, also, received a Parker. S.D paper with the announcement of the death of [S.] U. Jones. There