Hugh Smith's Accomplishments

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The mountain men were a group of individuals who ventured through the mountains and had the means to do what was necessary to survive unfortunate events. Such as Hugh Glass, who got attacked by a grizzly bear and sustained severe deadly injuries to his face and throat. After being left to die, Glass recovered while making a journey of 250 miles to Ft. Kiowa on his own. Jedidiah Strong Smith was another mountain man who got attacked by a grizzly bear. The grizzly severely mauled his head and when he was sewed back together again, without any pain killers, Smith was missing an ear and eyebrow. Smith’s greatest accomplishment was pioneering an overland route to California. Some of the other mountain men made their mark by, discovering the Jackson