Show 91 tlon Smith again headed south along the east shores of the lake along the foot of the Wasatch past Utah Lake and following pretty close to his previous trail again reached California This time Smith directed his party northward into the While near the Umpqua Oregon country trapping as he went river the brigade was attacked by Indians and all but three men lost their lives Smith himself having been away from camp at the time of the attack was able to escape and flee to Fort Vancouver There he was very kindly received by Dr John McLoughlin who sent out expeditions to punish the natives ymfl retrieve the stolen furs McLoughlin then bought from Smith all the furs at the regular market price paying him Snith then with his wallet reimbursed §20000 fox the-land his powder and lead restocked ascended the Columbia to the Snake and arrived at the 1829 rendezvous Smith’s last years in the mountains were spent in the regions east of the Great Salt Lake He attended his last trapper rendezvous at Wind river in the late summer of 1830 after which he went to St Louis where "Smith Jackson and Sublette" sold their interests in the Rocky Mountain country Jedediah Smith and decided to enter the Santa Fe tradelost his life on the Cimarron desert being overpowered by Comanche Indians while seeking water for his caravan ot - |