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Having seated my party in my chamber, I told the last part of my story first. I began by saying that I had been brought up on the upper Missouri, by Matt Rockwood, relating all my experience down to the present moment, including the history of the Gracewoods.
"That's all very well, Phil; but where were you born? " asked Mr. Gray. "You left that part out, and told us everything except that which we wished to know."