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Jedediah Smith was given credit for discovering the South Pass even through the Native Americans had been using it many years before that time. True or false

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Answer: the correct answer is True.

Explanation: Jedediah Smith was credited with discovering the South Pass in 1823, however it was used by Native Americans prior to that, and was originally discovered in 1813

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