24 Facts About Hugh Glass

Hugh Glass is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.

Hugh Glass was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents who had emigrated from present day Northern Ireland.

Hugh Glass was reported to have been captured by pirates under the command of Gulf of Mexico chief Jean Lafitte off the coast of Texas in 1816, and was forced to become a pirate for up to two years.

Hugh Glass allegedly escaped by swimming to shore near what is present-day Galveston, Texas.

Hugh Glass was later rumored to have been captured by the Pawnee tribe, with whom he lived for several years.

Hugh Glass traveled to St Louis, Missouri in 1821, accompanying several Pawnee delegates invited to meet with US authorities.

Hugh Glass did not join Ashley's company until the next year, when he ascended the Missouri River with Ashley.

Hugh Glass was apparently shot in the leg and the survivors retreated downstream and sent for help.

Hugh Glass died a little while after he was shot and asked me to inform you of his sad fate.

Hugh Glass had his neck shockingly torn, even to the degree that an aperture appeared to have been made into the windpipe, and his breath to exude at the side of is neck.

Later, claiming that they were interrupted by attacking Arikara, the pair grabbed the rifle, knife, and other equipment belonging to Hugh Glass and took flight.

Hugh Glass had festering wounds, a broken leg, and deep cuts on his back that exposed his bare ribs.

Hugh Glass lay mutilated and alone, more than 200 miles from the nearest American settlement at Fort Kiowa, on the Missouri River.

Hugh Glass set the bone of his own leg, wrapped himself in the bear hide his companions had placed over him as a shroud, and began crawling back to Fort Kiowa.

Hugh Glass eventually travelled to Fort Henry on the Yellowstone River but found it deserted.

Hugh Glass later learned that Fitzgerald had joined the army and was stationed at Fort Atkinson in present-day Nebraska.

Hugh Glass reportedly spared Fitzgerald's life because he would be killed by the army captain for killing a soldier of the United States Army.

Hugh Glass managed to hide behind some rocks until the Arikara gave up their search but was separated from the two other survivors.

Hugh Glass was relieved to find his knife and flint in his shot pouch and traveled to Fort Kiowa, surviving off the land.

Hugh Glass returned to the frontier as a trapper and fur trader.

Hugh Glass was later employed as a hunter for the US Army garrison at Fort Union, near Williston, North Dakota.

Hugh Glass was killed along with two of his fellow trappers in early 1833 on the Yellowstone River in an attack by the Arikara.

The nearby Hugh Glass Lakeside Use Area is a free state-managed campground and picnic area.

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