History UsefulNotes / HughGlass

Now is where the real fun starts. After surviving two Native American massacres, one committed by the Blackfeet and one by the Arikaras, Glass was with a small group of eight men in the woods, led by Major Andrew Henry. While hunting, Glass stumbled into a [[BearsAreBadNews pissed off grizzly bear]] [[MamaBear mother]] and her cubs, and was mauled, nearly to death, before killing it with his [[KnifeNut knife]]. As they were in dangerous territory, and Glass was too wounded to speak or do anything, Henry opted to leave two men, John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger, to guard Glass and ensure he was buried upon his death, but as he still did not die, they abandoned him in the wilderness, and told everyone he was dead. This was the biggest mistake of their lives. For Glass was most certainly not dead, and he pulled his way back to civilisation, just to exact revenge upon them. He crawled through 100 miles of Dakotan wilderness, during a timespan of six weeks.

* KnifeNut: He managed to kill the grizzly bear with his knife. Although that was it, for Fitzgerald stole it afterwards.

* {{Badass Beard}}: The only known portrait of him, has him sporting this. Given his [[MountainMan profession]], there's no reason to believe its not true.

Now is where the real fun starts. After surviving two Native American massacres, one exerted by the Blackfeet and one by the Arikaras, Glass was with a small group of eight men in the woods, led by Major Andrew Henry. While hunting, Glass stumbled into a [[BearsAreBadNews pissed off grizzly bear]] [[MamaBear mother]] and her cubs, and was mauled, nearly to death, before killing it with his [[KnifeNut knife]]. As they were in dangerous territory, and Glass was too wounded to speak or do anything, Henry opted to leave two men, John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger, to guard Glass and ensure he was buried upon his death, but as he still did not die, they abandoned him in the wilderness, and told everyone he was dead. This was the biggest mistake of their lives. For Glass was most certainly not dead, and he pulled his way back to civilisation, just to exact revenge upon them. He crawled through 100 miles of Dakotan wilderness, during a timespan of six weeks.

* {{Badass Grandpa}}: He was fairly old for a MountainMan, being 43 during his infamous trek.

* HunterTrapper

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hastings, until he died a horrible death. Reportedly, Glass was incapable of creating a proper friendship with anyone again afterwards.

* BerserkButton: Fitzgerald stealing his rifle. Leads to his CrowningMomentOfAwesome retrieving it.

A great American FolkHero, Hugh Glass (ca. 1780-1833) was a man of many involuntary careers. During his life, he was a {{Pirate}}, a WhiteManGoneNative, a MountainMan, but above all, one of history's greatest [[BadAss badasses]].

* {{Badass}}: And '''how'''! From his borderline CrazyAwesome survival at the hands of the Pawnee, to his survival of the Native American massacres, but especially ''killing a damn bear with a knife, and crawling a 100 miles through the wilderness.''

Glass has inspired several works of fiction, and many books have dramatized his life. In addition, the 1971 film ''Man In The Wilderness'' starring Richard Harris (which famously gave Creator/StephenColbert his fear of bears) was directly based on his life (albeit with the names changed). More recently, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio will play Glass in the 2015 film ''Film/TheRevenant''.

* BadAssBeard: The only known portrait of him, has him sporting this. Given his [[MountainMan profession]], there's no reason to believe its not true.
* BadAssGrandpa: He was fairly old for a MountainMan, being 43 during his infamous trek.
* BearsAreBadNews: Very bad, when you run into a literal MamaBear while alone in the wilderness.

* BadAss: And how! From his borderline CrazyAwesome survival at the hands of the Pawnee, to his survival of the Native American massacres, but especially ''killing a damn bear with a knife, and crawling a 100 miles through the wilderness.''

Now is where the real fun starts. After surviving two Native American massacres, one exerted by the Blackfeet and one by the Arikaras, Glass was with a small group of eight men in the woods, led by Major Andrew Henry. While hunting, Glass stumbled into a [[BearsAreBadNews pissed off grizzly bear]] [[MamaBear mother]] and her cubs, and was mauled, nearly to death, before mauling it with his [[KnifeNut knife]]. As they were in dangerous territory, and Glass was too wounded to speak or do anything, Henry opted to leave two men, John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger, to guard Glass and ensure he was buried upon his death, but as he still did not die, they abandoned him in the wilderness, and told everyone he was dead. This was the biggest mistake of their lives. For Glass was most certainly not dead, and he pulled his way back to civilisation, just to exact revenge upon them. He crawled through 100 miles of Dakotan wilderness, during a timespan of six weeks.

* ChekhovsSkill: Many of the things he learned among the Pawnees, helped him later on.

* {{Determinator}}: And ''how''! He dragged hsi way through 100 miles of wilderness, for the sake of revenge.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hastings, until he died a horrible death. Reportedly, Glass was incapable of creating a proper friendship with anyone agian after his death.

* InjunCountry: The reason Henry, Bridger and Fitzgerald left him, was because they were afraid of the hostile Indian territory.

* KillItWithFire: The nature of the HumanSacrifice practiced by the Pawnees, involved buring the victim alive.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What gave him the willpower to drag him back to civilization, was his desire for revenge against Bridger and Fitzgerald.
* TheQuietOne: He was reportedly peaceful, and solitary by nature, rarely speaking, and keeping to himself.

Glass has inspired several works of fiction, and many books have dramatized his life. In addition, the 1971 film ''Man In The Wilderness'' starring Richard Harris (which famously gave Creator/StephenColbert his fear of bears) was directly based on his life (albeit with the names changed) and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio will play Glass in the 2015 film ''Film/TheRevenant''.

It is unlikely to see Glass himself turn up in fiction, but many books are dramatized versions of his life, and movies such as ''Man In The Wilderness'', from 1971, the movie giving Creator/StephenColbert his fear of bears, starring Ed Harris, and ''Wilderness'', are directly based on his life, and he is, as stated above, a great FolkHero in America.