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   How did Jedediah Smith die?

   • Spooking Jed’s horse, they were able to get off an injurious gunshot to Jed’s shoulder. Still mounted, Jed spun around and got off several deadly shots, one of them at the chief, before the others came in with their long spears and ended Jedediah Smith’s life. Or so the story goes—we do not know the details of Jed’s death with certainty.

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   Where did Jed Smith grow up?

   • Born in Jericho, New York (renamed Bainbridge), on January 6, 1799, Jed Smith grew up hunting and trapping in the forests of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. He also learned to read and write, skills that not all mastered on the American frontier. Jed not only read the Bible, but he also read about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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   Where did Jed Smith go to find water?

   • A last desperate effort was made to find water, and Jed was one of those sent out in various directions. He rode south toward the Cimarron River—the last time his brothers and friends would see him. The Song of Jed Smith, a dramatic poem written in 1941, appeared in John Neihardt’s monumental Cycle of the West in 1949.

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   When did Smith's Journal recommence?

   • Smith's journal from the time he left the rendezvous on July 13, 1827, until the Mohave massacre was lost during that tragedy, and that time period was reconstructed in general terms, as was the 1821 and 1822 time period. The daily entries did not recommence until November 7, 1827.

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   Apr 9, 2024 · Jedediah Smith (born January 6, 1799, Bainbridge, New York, U.S.—died May 27, 1831, near the Cimarron River) was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route.

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   Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.

   • Cause of death: Attacked by Native Americans
   • Employer(s): Ashley-Henry Fur Company, partner in the Ashley Smith Fur Company and Smith, Jackson and Sublette

   • Nationality: American
   • Occupations: Clerk, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, explorer

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   Nov 18, 2023 · 1799—1831. Jedediah “Diah” Smith was a Fur Trader, Frontiersman, and Mountain Man who explored the territory between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast. He is most known for finding the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains and leading the first American expeditions into Utah, Nevada, and parts of California. Jedediah Smith.

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   A biography of Jedediah Strong Smith, one of the first and most important American trappers and explorers who penetrated the interior Oregon Country in the 1820s. Learn about his life, his maps, his reports, his interactions with Native people, and his disappearance on the Sante Fe Trail.

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   Biography and History. The answers to the question, “Who was Jedediah Smith?” lie in many sources, but the five listed here are good starting places. “A Biography of Jed for Students” on this website. Barbour, Barton. “Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831).)”. Oregon Encyclopedia.

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   Born in Jericho, New York (renamed Bainbridge), on January 6, 1799, Jed Smith grew up hunting and trapping in the forests of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. He also learned to read and write, skills that not all mastered on the American frontier. Jed not only read the Bible, but he also read about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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   Apr 25, 1994 · Jedediah Strong Smith (1798-1831) was a fur trapper and explorer credited for being one of the first white men to explore much of what is now Utah. Jedediah S. Smith was a trailblazer, brigade leader, and partner in two fur-trading companies whose travels took him throughout Utah and the West.