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Jedediah was born on in Tioga County, New York
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In 1822 Smith sees in a local newspaper that a fur trapper named William Ashley was looking for hunters Jedediah and 99 other men go with Ashley.
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Jedediah was with his group of men along the Cheyenne River where he was mauled by a grizzly bear scalping him and breaking a few ribs his men sew up his head moments after.
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First to say the South Pass in the Rocky Mountains was able to have wagons pass through.
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In 1826 he opened up trade between California and Oregon with 17 other men.
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In 1826 he led a voyage from the Colorado River to California being the first to enter California from the East.
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On a trip to California Smith's party was attacked by Mohave Indians and then recieved hostility from Mexican government
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His party while smith was not there was attacked by natives all but three die
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Jedediah's first son, Gordon Smith was born
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After too many close calls he retires into the mercantile business.
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Smith dies at 32 years old killed by a group of Commanche Indians along the Santa Fe trail.
