Hugh Glass
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Hugh Glass was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer. He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled
Depiction of the bear attacking Glass. Drawing by Charles M. Russell, 1922.
Some mountain men maintained a close relationship with the Native American tribes
The 200 miles (320 km) route of the 1823 odyssey by Glass
Sculpture at the Grand River Museum in Lemmon, South Dakota
Jim Bridger
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James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as
Hugh Glass
…Many of them, who later earned reputations as famous mountain men, joined the enterprise, including James Beckwourth, David Jackson, William Sublette, Jim Bridger, John S. Fitzgerald, James Clyman and Jedediah Smith. These men and others would later be known as "Ashley's Hundred". Glass, however, did not join…
Bridger, c. 1876
Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone
Great Salt Lake
Bridger's Pass