| Jedediah Smith, Comanches
Jedediah Smith
born: January 6, 1799 in Bainbridge or Jericho, New York
Died: May 1831, assumed killed by Comanches along the Cimarron River
Jedediah Smith was a mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. Jedediah Smith joined the William Ashley's Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1822
The first white man to travel from the Great Salt Lake to California by two different routes, and discovered South Pass was Jedediah Smith
A deeply religious and intelligent young man Jedediah Smith held a high regard for cleanliness. Jedediah Smith died somewhere near the Cimarron River searching for water for his hunting party
The body of Jedediah Smith was never found |
