Jedidiah Smith: An Incredible American Trapper

the Rockies, Lewis and Clark ran into the Nez Perces Indians. The Indians helped Lewis and

Smith was sent to jail and was later killed by a mob of Non Mormons.

One of the things Pocahontas is most known for saving John Smith’s life. It all started when one day, the Pamunkey tribe caught a white man. The man was to be presented to Pocahontas’ father, Chief Powhatan, that night. The village prepared large feasts, and Pocahontas was thrilled to finally get the chance to see one of the mysterious outsiders who had come to their homeland. When the man was finally brought out, many villagers screamed in horror when he glanced at them, although Pocahontas didn’t understand why everyone was afraid of this man to be called “John Smith”. Pocahontas’ father declared that the handsome man with the blue eyes was to be killed! The toughest warrior poised his arms above his head with a club in hand and… Pocahontas

John Smith surprised many by becoming a significant leader and a ray of sunshine in an otherwise increasingly desperate situation. He strategically involved the Indians in order to increase the chance of survival of the colonists. This strategy caused him to develop personal relationships with Indians; some good, some bad. Although captured and sentenced to death twice by Chief Powatan, he was saved by Powatan's daughter Pocahontas. Many historians however, believe that Pocahontas did not actually save John Smith; they believe he was mistaking an adoption ceremony for his execution. David Price writes that there is no way to describe what happened other than an impending execution. "Nothing is known about seventeenth-century Powhatan adoption ceremonies, nor is any other tribe in North America known to have had an adoption procedure comparable to what was undergone by Smith."(pg.243).Either way, the romance between Smith and Pocahontas emphasized in children's stories is seemingly impossible; Pocahontas would have been eleven years old upon acquaintance with John Smith. Pocahontas

Kit Carson is best known for his role in the expansion of the West as a trapper, explorer, scout and American soldier. Carson not only spent time carving the path to the west, he defended it in battle as an officer in the U.S. Army. One of the most famous mountain men of the Westward movement, Carson has had several landmarks, cities, and areas named after him. Among these are Carson, Colorado, Carson City, Nevada, Carson Pass and the Carson River. (Sanford & Green) Kit Carson has been a part of American folklore for decades but his fame grew from very humble beginnings.

When Smith was captured, he was held prisoner and the leader of the tribe was going to execute John Smith that was until Pocahontas shows up and stops them from killing smith and he was shown the ways of the tribe. But long story short, Smith returns to Jamestown he began to make more money because he learned better ways to find food and to make some products so he became rich and he basically didn't care about anyone that he left Jamestown and went back to Europe and never returned

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With this policy, the survival rate grew to nearly ninety percent that year. He organized successful trading with the Native American Powhattan. Smith was however captured by him and only spared when Powhattan’s daughter Pocahontas pleaded for his life. This is where the story of Pocahontas comes from. Smith wrote a letter about this encounter to Queen Anne when he heard of her coming to England years later. He wanted to ensure that she would not be treated as someone that could not be trusted. He wanted to show her loyalty to him and to England.

While many cannot picture Smith in any context other than with Pocahontas, he had a very active life before he even met her. As stated by Woolf, prior to even meeting Pocahontas Smith had been “in an army fighting the Ottoman Turks in central Europe, during which he went through several escapes, was seriously wounded, taken into slavery, after which he murdered his slave-master and escaped, along with being shipwrecked twice.”1 All of these exploits happened before Smith ended up in Virginia at the Jamestown colony, and met Pocahontas, the narrative of which most Americans are intimately familiar with or so they think.

James Bowie was one of The Alamo’s greatest folk hero and an American pioneer. He is mostly known for his unbelievable knife fighting skills and his leadership in The Alamo.

Although the author of John Smith’s testimony is unknown, it seems that the author is possibly a government official who is trying to figure out what happened for the

He joined the militia of the war of 1812, but joined to late to do any fighting. He went back to Louisiana, to cut and sell timber. When he went back to Texas, he got Mexican citizenship, acquired land grants, married Maria Ursula, and stayed. After he got married he began to look for Los Almagres mine also known as the San Saba mine. After getting permission to go on an expedition, he, his brother, and other men set out to search for the mine. During that time they were attacked by Native Americans. Many natives were killed or injured but only a few of Bowie’s men were hurt. They went back home and after a while they went back to look for the mine, but never found

I did not know much about John Smith, but I learned that he was an artist that did watercolor studies of the Indians and their way of life.

Carson knew the in's and out's of trapping he also joined John C. Fremont to trap in the arizona and california.John hired Carson to guide him through the mountain , because of that John became one of the best mountain men,Carson made him famous.When Carson was taking John's survey they went into the mexican war without even knowing it , Carson and John supported the army to win the fight

Abusing. Slave owner. Boastful. All traits that the infamous John Smith possessed that degraded him as a great adventurer. In 1624, John Smith wrote an autobiography about his encounters with the native indians in the new world (The Americas) under the name General History. Meanwhile, Bartolome de las Casas wrote an autobiography about his adventures in 1515 called Relations that talks about the mistreatment of the native indians that he observed in the new world. WIth these two writings there is proof that John Smith exhibits poor traits throughout his writings such as degrading Indians, boasting about himself and lusting for fame establishing that he is a worse person compared to de las Casas, the previous explorer of the Americas.