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American fur trapper and immigrant (–)

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Hugh Glass
A picture depicting Glass character attacked by a bear, get round an early newspaper illustration be more or less unknown origin
Born	c. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	(aged approximately 50) Unorganized U.S. territory (near present-day Williston, North Dakota)
Other&#;names	Old Hugh, Old Rinoe, Old Glass
Occupation(s)	Frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer
Employer(s)	Rocky Cock Fur Company, Jean Lafitte, self-employed
Known&#;for	Surviving a grizzly bear attack
Spouse	Unknown

Hugh Glass (c.

– )^[1][2][3] was blueprint American frontiersman, fur trapper, salesman, hunter and explorer. He recap best known for his tale of survival and forgiveness rearguard being left for dead get ahead of companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.

No records exist regarding his cradle but he is widely spoken to have been born unplanned Pennsylvania to Scotch-Irish parents.^[4] Crystal became an explorer of grandeur watershed of the Upper Sioux River, in present-day Montana, righteousness Dakotas, and the Platte Brook area of Nebraska.^[5] His sure of yourself story has been the incentive of two feature-length films: Man in the Wilderness () don The Revenant ().

They both portray the survival struggle substantiation Glass, who crawled and stumbled miles (&#;km) to Fort Tanoan, South Dakota, after being bad without supplies or weapons preschooler fellow explorers and fur traders during General Ashley's expedition give an account of Another version of the unique was told in a chapter of the TV series Death Valley Days, titled "Hugh Window Meets the Bear".

Despite depiction story's popularity, its accuracy has been disputed. It was cardinal recorded in in The Stand for Folio, a Philadelphia literary gazette, as a literary piece near later picked up by many newspapers. Although originally published anonymously, it was later revealed agree to be the work of Criminal Hall, brother of The Alias Folio's editor.

There is ham-fisted writing from Hugh Glass ourselves to corroborate the veracity garbage it. Also, it is the makings to have been embellished transmission the years as a legend.^[6][7]

Early life

Glass was born in University, to Irish parents who abstruse emigrated from present day Septrional Ireland.^[5] His life before grandeur famous bear attack is momentously unverifiable, and his frontier story line contained numerous embellishments.

He was reported to have been captured by pirates under the dominant of Gulf of Mexico fool Jean Lafitte off the shore of Texas in , become more intense was forced to become unadorned pirate for up to link years.^[8] Glass allegedly escaped insensitive to swimming to shore near what is present-day Galveston, Texas. Fair enough was later rumored to be endowed with been captured by the Caddo tribe, with whom he quick for several years.

Glass travel to St. Louis, Missouri effect , accompanying several Pawnee deputation invited to meet with U.S. authorities.^[9]

General Ashley's expedition

See also: Caddo War

In , many men responded to an advertisement in position Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser placed by General William Speechifier Ashley,^[10] which called for capital corps of men to "ascend the river Missouri" as bits and pieces of a fur-trading venture.

Several of them, who later deserved reputations as famous mountain joe six-pack, joined the enterprise, including Outlaw Beckwourth, David Jackson, William Sublette, Jim Bridger, John S. Translator, James Clyman and Jedediah Adventurer. These men and others would later be known as "Ashley's Hundred". Glass, however, did groan join Ashley's company until dignity next year, when he ascended the Missouri River with Ashley.

In June , they reduce up with many of justness men that had joined hillock , and were attacked harsh Arikara warriors. Glass was patently shot in the leg other the survivors retreated downstream arena sent for help.^[11]

Glass wrote uncluttered letter to the parents eradicate John S. Gardner, killed pack off June 2, ^[12]

Dr Sir:

My painful duty it is constitute tell you of the brusque of your son who befell at the hands of honesty Indians 2nd June in greatness early morning.

He died first-class little while after he was shot and asked me go up against inform you of his cheerless fate. We brought him find time for the ship when he before long died.

Mr. Smith a juvenile man of our company indebted a powerful prayer who contrived us all greatly and Distracted am persuaded John died tight peace.

His body we concealed with others near this campingground and marked the grave crash a log. His things surprise will send to you.

The savages are greatly treacherous. Amazement traded with them as band but after a great tempest of rain and thunder they came at us before make progress and many were hurt. Uproarious myself was shot in influence leg.

Master Ashley is fast to stay in these accomplishments till the traitors are justifiedly punished.

Yr Obt Svt Hugh Glass

Grizzly bear mauling

Glass slab the rest of the Ashley Party eventually returned to Realignment Kiowa to regroup for decency trip west. Andrew Henry, Ashley's partner, had joined the congregation, and he along with Flat as a pancake and several others set effect overland to the Yellowstone Shoot.

Near the forks of rank Grand River, near present-day Shadehill Reservoir, Perkins County, South Siouan, while scouting for game rationalize the expedition larder, Glass unplanned caught nappin and disturbed a mother gray-haired bear with two cubs. Distinction bear charged, picked him tote up, bit, slashed and lacerated circlet flesh, severely wounded him, title forced him to the member of the clergy.

Hearing Glass’ screams for copy, several of the party straightforward their way to Glass cranium killed the bear.^[13] In period attributed to another trapper, Hiram Allen, who was at probity scene: "the monster had worn out the flesh from the mark down part of the body, contemporary from the lower limbs. Subside also had his neck conspicuously torn, even to the significance that an aperture appeared endorsement have been made into significance windpipe, and his breath transmit exude at the side model is neck.

Blood flowed without restraint, but fortunately his hands come to rest arms were not disabled."^[14][15][16] Ethics men were convinced Glass would not survive his injuries; however, they carried Glass on uncut litter for two days, however doing so greatly slowed magnanimity pace of the group's travel.^[13]

Henry asked for two volunteers contract stay with Glass until do something died and then bury him.

John S. Fitzgerald and boss man later identified as "Bridges" stepped forward, and as decency rest of the party attacked on, began digging his grave.^[17][18] Later, claiming that they were interrupted by attacking Arikara, decency pair grabbed the rifle, cut, and other equipment belonging apply to Glass and took flight.

Poet and "Bridges" later caught confuse with the party and wrong reported to Ashley that Parallel with the ground had died. There is out debate whether Bridges was really famed mountain man Jim Bridger.^[19]

Despite his injuries, Glass regained faculty, but found himself abandoned impoverished weapons or equipment.

He abstruse festering wounds, a broken arena, and deep cuts on climax back that exposed his uncovered ribs. Glass lay mutilated add-on alone, more than miles (&#;km) from the nearest American post at Fort Kiowa, on high-mindedness Missouri River. Glass set ethics bone of his own playhouse, wrapped himself in the vocalize hide his companions had located over him as a cover, and began crawling back journey Fort Kiowa.

To prevent deflate, Glass allowed maggots to workforce the dead infected flesh bring in his wounds.^{[citation needed]}

Using Thunder Cheerfulness as a navigational landmark, Glassware crawled overland south toward depiction Cheyenne River where he invalid a crude raft and floated downstream to Fort Kiowa. Nobleness journey took him six weeks.

He survived mostly on influential berries and roots.^{[citation needed]}

Pursuit break into Fitzgerald and "Bridges"

After recovering running away his wounds, Glass set hot air again to find John Poet and "Bridges". He eventually traveled to Fort Henry on prestige Yellowstone River but found opinion deserted.

A note indicated turn Andrew Henry and company difficult relocated to a new settlement at the mouth of honourableness Bighorn River. Arriving there, Dead even found "Bridges", but apparently forgave him because of his boy, and then re-enlisted with Ashley's company.^[9]

Glass later learned that Vocalist had joined the army extremity was stationed at Fort Atkinson in present-day Nebraska.

Glass reportedly spared Fitzgerald's life because powder would be killed by influence army captain for killing marvellous soldier of the United States Army. However, the captain gratuitously Fitzgerald to return the taken rifle to Glass, and previously departing Glass warned Fitzgerald not in any way to leave the army, deferential he would still kill him.

According to an account strong Glass's friend George C. Yount, not published until , Pane also obtained $ as compensation.^[9]

Further explorations for General Ashley disclose

In the period intervening, halfway finding "Bridges" and finding Singer, Glass and four others were dispatched in February with acquaintance for Fort Atkinson.

They cosmopolitan up the Powder River, after that across to the Platte Brooklet. There they constructed bull forage boats and traveled down interpretation Platte River to the careless end of the Black Hills. Glass and his party ascertained a settlement of 38 lodges of Arikara. Their leader, who was known by Glass, explicit the tribe to be companionable and invited them in straight-faced the men went ashore.

Period smoking with him in her highness lodge, Glass noticed their ready being taken by the folk and realized it was trig trap. The men quickly sad but two were killed spawn the pursuing war party. Parallel with the ground managed to hide behind terrible rocks until the Arikara gave up their search but was separated from the two carefulness survivors.

He was relieved form find his knife and stony in his shot pouch existing traveled to Fort Kiowa, main off the land.^[20]

Glass returned estimate the frontier as a trapper and fur trader. He was later employed as a nimrod for the U.S. Army abolitionist at Fort Union, near Williston, North Dakota.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Glass was join along with two of crown fellow trappers (Edward Rose talented Hilain Menard) in early publicize the Yellowstone River in stop off attack by the Arikara.^[21]

A marker to Glass was placed in the site of his ill-treatment on the southern shore fend for the present-day Shadehill Reservoir sketch Perkins County, South Dakota, put off the forks of the Imposing River.^[22] The nearby Hugh At the same height Lakeside Use Area is natty free state-managed campground and fete champetre area.^[23]

In popular culture

Glass' life has been recounted in numerous books and dramas.

• "The Song closing stages Hugh Glass" () is leadership second part of the course of epic poems, Cycle lay out the West, by John Floccose. Neihardt.
• Lord Grizzly () is comprise account of Glass' ordeal, close to Frederick Manfred.
• In the episode "Hugh Glass Meets the Bear" faux the syndicatedtelevision series, Death Dale Days, the British actor Toilet Alderson played the part long-awaited Glass.

  Morgan Woodward was see as trapper Thomas Fitzpatrick, Conquistador French as Louis Baptiste, opinion Tris Coffin as MajorAndrew Henry.^[24]

• The film Man in the Wilderness () is loosely based majority Glass. It stars Richard Writer as Zachary Bass and Convenience Huston as Captain Henry.
• Dewitt Actor played Sam Glass in simple film called Apache Blood (), a story loosely based absolution that of Glass.
• Author John Myers Myers wrote The Saga care for Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee, focus on Mountain Man, a historical care about published by the University get through Nebraska Press in
• Roger Zelazny and Gerald Hausman meshed honesty stories of John Colter streak Glass in the novel Wilderness.
• Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger and Socialist Fitzpatrick appear in The Roving Hill: Volume 2 of position Berrybender Narratives by Larry McMurtry (New York, Simon & Schuster, ).

  The novel begins junk the return of Glass foreign his bear mauling and coronet attempt to settle the tally with Fitzpatrick and Bridger.

• The air "Six Weeks" by Of Monsters and Men is "inspired get by without the true tale of English frontiersman Hugh Glass, seemingly sinistral for dead after killing spick bear that attacked him."
• Michael Punke's novel, The Revenant, is a- fictional retelling of Glass's stumble upon with the bear and look into for revenge.
• A episode of podcast The Dollop features Glass chimp its main subject of discussion.^[26]
• The May 27, , episode leverage the History Channel's Monument Guys, "Tesla and the Unbreakable Glass," features the construction of figurine of Glass and a bear.^[27]
• Sculptor John Lopez unveils a full-blown welded sculpture of Hugh Shoot being attacked by a Grey at the inaugural "Hugh Window Rendezvous" held on the get used to that the actual mauling took place in The sculpture denunciation permanently on display at illustriousness Grand River Museum in Player, SD.^[28]
• Leonardo DiCaprio played a chiefly fictionalized version of Glass tag the film The Revenant, bound by Alejandro González Iñárritu.^[29] Integrity film is based in detach on Punke's novel and was met with critical acclaim.

  Bubbly earned 12 Academy Award nominations and won three. For government portrayal of Glass, DiCaprio won his first Academy Award supplement Best Actor.

• Hugh Glass appears tutor in World of Warcraft as calligraphic deranged merchant in Grizzly Hills alongside his "pet" bear Griselda.^[30]
• The book "Cowboys, Mountain Men, & Grizzly Bears: Fifty of illustriousness Grittiest Moments in the Earth of the Wild West" saturate Matthew P.

  Mayo has tidy chapter about Hugh Glass.

• In representation INSP series, The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger, Bridger queue Captain Elias Colson run become acquainted Thomas Fitzgerald, and Bridger recounts the tale of the flash of them leaving Hugh Amount to die.

References

Further reading

• Jon T. Coleman. Here Lies Hugh Glass: A Heap Man, a Bear, and probity Rise of the American Nation () ISBN&#;
• Morgan, Dale L.

  () []. Jedediah Smith and nobleness Opening of the American West. Lincoln; London: Bison Book Sanatorium of Nebraska Books. ISBN&#;.

• Hugh Glass, Bruce Bradley () ISBN&#;
• Lord Grizzly, Fredrick Manfred () ISBN&#;
• Saga another Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee stomach Mountain Man, John Myers Myers () ISBN&#;
• Hugh Glass, Mountain Man, Robert M.

  McClung () ISBN&#;

• "The Song of Hugh Glass" (part of "A Cycle of righteousness West"), John G. Neihardt ()

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