January  UTC  To continue the Smith story I found the book Men Against the Mountains by Alson J Smith  I would have preferred Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West by Dale L Morgan  but my local library didnt have it Because both books were written prior to the  discovery of the lost journal they both contain some errors in particulars of the  travel route that were corrected in Brooks book  Facts were established earlier however for J Smiths  return to California and the completion of the expedition at Fort Vancouver  I found that J Smith visited San Jose Monterey and Yerba Buena California before heading north up the Sacramento Valley The Alson Smith book doesnt give the exact route of travel from San Jose to Monterey but it seems unlikely that the expedition passed through my home turf in Santa Cruz County my original question They probably used the more established El Camino Real by way of Mission San Juan Bautista   Helped by the Alson Smith book without citing it I was able to expand several more articles including  California hide trade  Ygnacio Martinez  Umpqua people  John McLoughlin