Will and Hugh Glass

Last month, Will had to write a report and give a presentation on a mountain man or Indian tribe.  He chose Hugh Glass, yep - the guy from the movie The Revenant which for the record, Will has not seen.  Mr. Glass had a very interesting, but pretty bloody history.  He was kidnapped by pirates as a kid/teen and lived that life for a while before escaping and traveling up the Mississippi where he was captured and almost killed by Indians before being released.  Then he joined one of the fur expeditions and eventually was attacked by a grizzly, left for dead, crawled 150+ miles on his own to another fort and then went looking for the men who left him for revenge.  He was eventually killed by another Indian tribe.  So an interesting story for a 4th grader to recount.  But Will rocked this project.  He worked hard on the research and found some interesting facts about Mr. Glass.  He spent a lot of time on his poster board and practiced his speech at home.  

Practicing practicing 

Practicing eye contact.  

He also had to make an artifact as part of the project.  Glenn, I mean Will, picked out a powderhorn out of some mountain man catalog that we (inexplicably) get at our house and off they went.  

Working hard on some part of the powderhorn that is confusing to me but makes sense for them. 

Not a pirate...

So in conclusion, Hugh Glass was an interesting person, powderhorns were used to carry gunpowder and Will is carrying on the enthusiasm for all things mountain man-y on to the next generation.