Jedediah Smith: no ordinary mountain man

Jedediah Smith's background

Bitter lessons

Ashley & Smith

The Southwest expedition

Jedediah Smith and the Californios

"The folly of men in power"

The Northwest expedition from California to the Umpqua River

From the Umpqua massacre to the end of the trail

Epilogue. "The things of time" : an assessment of Jedediah Smith

Appendix A. Accounts of Smith's death

Appendix B. Smith's probate records.