Post by montrose on Mar 1, 2016 12:56:59 GMT -6
Leonardo won an Oscar for portraying Hugh Glass.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass
In 1822, Glass responded to an advertisement in the Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser placed by General William Henry Ashley,[9] which called for a corps of 100 men to "ascend the river Missouri" as part of a fur-trading venture. Many others who later earned reputations as famous mountain men also joined the enterprise, including James Beckwourth, Thomas Fitzpatrick, David Jackson, William Sublette, Jim Bridger, and Jedediah Smith. These men would later be known as "Ashley's Hundred".
The expedition was attacked in June 1823 by Arikara warriors, and Glass was apparently shot in the leg. Fearing that continuing up the Missouri would make them vulnerable to further attack, at least some of the party, including Glass, chose to travel overland towards the Yellowstone River.
Glass was involved in trade, fur and exploring expeditions all in the eastern half of the 1876 campaign. One of his known camp sites was at the intersection of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers.
Note this territory belonged to the Rees at the time. 90% of the Rees died to white man diseases, and only a fragment survived to the 1870s. The Sioux filled the vacuum after they died.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass
In 1822, Glass responded to an advertisement in the Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser placed by General William Henry Ashley,[9] which called for a corps of 100 men to "ascend the river Missouri" as part of a fur-trading venture. Many others who later earned reputations as famous mountain men also joined the enterprise, including James Beckwourth, Thomas Fitzpatrick, David Jackson, William Sublette, Jim Bridger, and Jedediah Smith. These men would later be known as "Ashley's Hundred".
The expedition was attacked in June 1823 by Arikara warriors, and Glass was apparently shot in the leg. Fearing that continuing up the Missouri would make them vulnerable to further attack, at least some of the party, including Glass, chose to travel overland towards the Yellowstone River.
Glass was involved in trade, fur and exploring expeditions all in the eastern half of the 1876 campaign. One of his known camp sites was at the intersection of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers.
Note this territory belonged to the Rees at the time. 90% of the Rees died to white man diseases, and only a fragment survived to the 1870s. The Sioux filled the vacuum after they died.
