 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pazera remakore 13, Smith akashanda somunyori pane imwe ngarava inotakura zvinhu yeLake Erie, kwaakadzidza nzira dzokutengeserana nadzo uye zvimwe akasangana nevatengesi vaidzoka vachibva kumadokero kure kuMontreal. Basa iri rakaita kuti Smith ave nechido chokutengeserana nemhuka dzomusango. Maererano naDale L. Morgan, kuda kwaSmith zvinhu zvakasikwa uye kufamba nzendo kwakabva kumurayiridzi wake, Dr. Titus G. V. Simons, chiremba wokutanga wezvokurapa uyo aiva pedyo nemhuri yaSmith. Morgan akafungidzira kuti Simons akapa Smith muduku kopi yebhuku raMeriwether Lewis naWilliam Clark ra1814 rekutsvaga kwavo 1804 1806kuPacific, uye maererano nengano Smith akatakura bhuku iri renhoroondo parwendo rwake rwose rwokuMadokero eAmerica. Smith aizogovera Clark, uyo akanga ava mutarisiri wezvinhu zvevaIndia, mashoko akawanda kubva munzendo dzake amene kuMadokero. Muna 1817, mhuri yaSmith yakatamira kumadokero zvakare kuOhio ndokugara muGreen Township mune zvazvino nhasi Ashland County. 