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  I see by Mr. James's rewards that he now thinks James White passed through the shared car - you before Major Powell, but he is mistaken. [Dr.] 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 Paker. S.D paper unit the announcement of the death of [G.] U. Jones. There