Jedediah Smith started his voyage from St. Louis at the age of
22, which is the right most black star on the map below. He then traveled to
Salt Lake, which is the left star on the map below. Smith and his men traveled
south from Salk Lake looking for furs, but were in arid plains and desert, and
nearly died of starvation and dehydration. Luckily for them, they were saved
by indians. From there, the men reached San Diego in 1826, where Smith was thought
of as a spy. They escaped north to Oregon. In 1830, Smith decided to end his
"mountain man" days, but had one more voyage to the southwest to make.
In 1831, on that last voyage, he was looking for water on the Santa Fe Trail,
and was killed by Comanche warriors. To see another site on Jedediah Smith,
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