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Original title: The real version of the revenant hunter who is 100 times fiercer than the little
plum Leonardo DiCaprio ended his 20-year escort career, with "Wildness" Hunter" won the Best Actor at the 88th Academy Awards. With the release of the Oscars, "The Revenant" was introduced into China for the first time, and it was officially released today. Xiao Lizi will also come to China on March 20, which has excited fans in mainland China. Is this legendary hunter story true or false? What thrilling moments did the real hero Glass experience?
Is the prototype
Hugh Glass real?
The film "The Revenant" tells the story of Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), a fur hunter in the 19th century who was attacked by a black bear in the jungle and miraculously survived. In the film, Glass not only has jaw-dropping superb hunting skills, but also his broad mind and disregard of previous hatred are even more talked about by people. So far, many viewers have questioned whether this great hunter really existed in history. Similar to the description of Glass in the movie, there was indeed such a hunter in the mountains of the American West in the 19th century. In addition, the Irish-Americans Glass and Davy Crockett, who were fur hunters, can be called together as the famous hunters in 19th century America.
Although there is such a person in history, there is little record of this brave and vigorous fur hunter throughout the historical materials of the American West. In the sporadic historical data, only one letter from Glass to his parents remains for his unfortunate companion. At that time, Grass was brave and good at fighting, as strong as an ox. Every time he took the local hunters into the jungle, he returned with a reward. Over time, Grass gradually became a household name in the local area. But despite this, in a confrontation with the hostile Indian Alikala tribe, Glass was unable to turn the tide, and the companion was unfortunately killed in this war.
In addition to this letter, Grasse's superiors also mentioned the warrior in their reports. But in the eyes of the leaders, this subordinate is extremely brave but also extremely aggressive, even reaching the point of being unmanageable. In order to prove that Glass's combativeness is difficult to control, the superiors also specifically mentioned the story of Glass's confrontation with the black bear. It is precisely because of this story that Glass's name became a character written by a lawyer with literary aspirations in Philadelphia, and as it was reproduced in newspapers and magazines, it became a legend among hunters and was deeply recorded in history.
A professor from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Jon T Coleman, has also examined the authenticity of this story and believes: "This is a good story, it is the American version of the Westworld. Through physical contact with wild nature, people have Great change. They're no longer European or British - they're American."
Adorable Beaver Attracts Adventure Hunter
The real-life revenant actually originated in an expedition ad. William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry, who founded the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1822, ran an expedition ad for aggressive young men in the newspapers. The ad states that a team of 100 young explorers is being recruited to cross the Missouri River to its source in one to three years. The explorers will travel along the Missouri River and finally reach the Rocky Mountains, during which the main task of the team is to obtain the precious beaver fur.
Glass, who was over 40 at this time, was already a prestigious fur hunter and explorer. After seeing this advertisement, he couldn't help but be heartbroken and decided to join the team. In the fur trade, Hugh Glass applied for a job known colloquially as a "mountain man". As front-line migrant workers in the fur trade, mountain people are active near the Rocky Mountains. They dine and sleep in the open air, hunt the furs of rare animals in the inaccessible western regions all the year round, and sell them abroad through fur trade companies. With the booming fur trade in North America, the number of mountain people reached more than 3,000 between 1820 and 1840. The wealth of the mountain people mainly comes from a kind of furry and cute animal - the beaver. In "The Revenant," the expedition was attacked by the Indians while packing up beaver hides.
Clothing made of fur has always been popular with the European upper class. The beaver skin has good warmth retention, softness and comfort, and is a treasure in fur. The top hat loved by British gentlemen is made of beaver hide. Just like contemporary luxury, expensive beaver hats have many touted properties, such as memory enhancement, hearing restoration, and more. Even excluding superstitions, beaver skin hats can indeed show the status of the wearer. European beavers are hunted in large numbers, but they still cannot meet the demand for fashion. It was not until the tailors saw the beaver fur coats worn by the pelagic fishermen that they knew that North America on the other side was also rich in beavers. For a while, beaver hunting became the hottest business in the Midwest and Canada. The French in the American Midwest, as well as the British colonies in Canada, were to control the trade in beaver hides. Beaver hides account for nearly half of British and French fur exports.
Beavers are animals that live by water. The reason why the expedition team in The Revenant went along the river was to find beavers at the water's edge. For skilled hunters, catching dozens of beavers a day is no problem. As early as 1787, Canada alone exported as many as 140,000 beaver hides. Under the frenzy of hunters, beavers in an area will soon become extinct. Hunters can only continue to go further west, looking for new beaver habitat.
The fur business facilitated early contact between the Midwest Indians and the colonists. At that time, the colonists only went west in small groups and could not pose a fundamental threat to the Indians. More of these colonists hid in strongholds like Fort Kiowa, waiting for the Indians to make deals. The attitude of the Indians to the colonists was also relatively friendly, and they wanted to exchange the fur in their hands for the new things in the hands of the colonists: copper pots, iron axes, guns. The hides sold by the Indians were surprisingly cheap. According to 1790 data, a mink pelt costs just 50 cents, a beaver pelt costs $1.25, and a bear pelt costs $5. A gun in the hands of the colonists costs $12.50. Most of the time, the Mountain Man acted as a merchant, buying hides directly from the Indians and selling them to the eastern United States and Europe.
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kill rattlesnakes to eat to survive
According to records, the entire team set off in the spring of 1823, and then embarked on a thrilling expedition along the Missouri River. At the beginning of the team's departure, it unfortunately encountered a surprise attack by the Arikala (an Indian in the Missouri River Plain of the United States), and the entire team lost 15 explorers, and Grasse was not spared, unfortunately, a leg was injured. . A few summers later, Glass was attacked by a female bear while walking through the forest with his companions. Normally, an adult black bear is about 12 feet (about 3.7 meters) tall and weighs 750 kilograms. When a tiny human is attacked by such a behemoth, it is almost difficult to survive, but Glass miraculously survived. There is no complete and accurate record of this in the historical data books. The film only relies on the stories passed down by people to restore the scene at that time, which is inevitably exaggerated and untrue.
It is said that Glass was driving at the front of the line at the time, and just as he was going into the bushes to find some berries to feed his hunger, he accidentally tripped over a mother bear and her two cubs. The alert mother bear immediately got up and attacked Glass, who had to rely on the single-shot musket in his hand to defend himself. But the power of the musket was obviously not enough in front of the huge female bear. The unaffected female bear quickly caught up with Glass and cut Glass' scalp with a sharp bear paw, pierced his throat, and fell. Broken his legs and left countless wounds on his body. The dying Glass finally repelled the female bear with the help of his companions, but he also became a burden to the team. In order not to delay the process, the entire team continued to move forward and sent two team members to stay to take care of Glass, but they were also overwhelmed and left Glass behind. There are various theories about how Glass got out of the jungle after that.
Some say Glass survived by killing a rattlesnake to eat on the way, while others say he woke up to find a grizzly bear licking maggots from his wound, preventing the entire festering body. Then some said Glass climbed 80 miles (about 128 kilometers), others said it was 200 miles (about 321 kilometers), before finally reaching the nearest trading point, and was rescued.
He was subsequently scalped after his death
But little is known about the story of Hugh Glass who survived a bear attack. It has been rumored that after recovering from his injury, Glass was employed by Fort Union and had been hunting around the Yellowstone River. According to The Milwaukee Journal, witnesses at Fort Union witnessed the death of Hugh Glass, the great hunter of a generation. The report reads: "Old Hugh Glass and his two companions were out hunting, when they were crossing the river on the ice, they were suddenly shot by the Arikala, three people died on the spot, and they were stripped after their deaths. Lost my scalp."
During the boom times, the beaver skin trade was an absolute seller's market, with many colonists rushing to please the Indians for their beaver skins. In such a situation, the fur merchant's personal connection with the Indians was crucial. Many mountain people married Indian women and gave birth to mixed-race children. Aside from the scarcity of white women in the West, in-laws with Indians were also a big purpose. In turn, tribal chiefs encouraged interracial marriages in order to defeat rival Indian tribes with the support of whites.
"The Revenant" fictionalized Glass' life experience, allowing him to marry an Indian woman and give birth to a mixed-race child. However, according to records, Hugh Glass, as an experienced pioneer and a skilled hunter, had no experience of being imprisoned in an Indian tribe, and there is no record or description of his Indian wife in historical materials. In addition, the subsequent plot of Hugh Glass's son being killed by Fitzgerald is also fictional. According to historical records, Hugh Glass does not have any children under his knees. The scene of Hugh Glass avenging for his son's death in the film exists purely for the purpose of character building, without any historical research. Similarly, Hugh Glass was kidnapped by the pirate Jean Lafayette, only to escape by jumping a few years later. In the film, Glass has been protecting his son from discrimination. But in fact, the mixed-race status of that period was higher. They can be like a duck to water among the ethnic groups, and they are the noble princes of the fur kingdom.
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