Mountain Men

A French mountain man who explored around Provo. His group was tricked by Native Americans. They said they were having a peace ceremony and then massacred 15 of the white trappers.

• Etienne Provost

• Peter Skene Ogden

• William Henry Ashley

• Hugh Glass

A Canadian mountain man who explored around modern-day Ogden. He led several trapping expeditions. He worked well with Native Americans, marrying two of them and rescuing 47 American prisoners taken by the Cayuse tribe.

• Etienne Provost

• Peter Skene Ogden

• William Henry Ashley

• Hugh Glass

He was the leader of a trapping company. He created the very first rendezvous. He also set up a number of trading posts in the west. Men like Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith and Jim Bridger worked for him.

• Etienne Provost

• Peter Skene Ogden

• William Henry Ashley

• Hugh Glass

This mountain man was left for dead by his companions when violently attacked by a grizzly bear. But, when he regained consciousness, he had maggots eat infection out of his wounds and then crawled back to society. He eventually forgave them men who left him.

• Etienne Provost

• Peter Skene Ogden

• William Henry Ashley

• Hugh Glass

A mountain man who had his ear ripped off by a bear and asked his companions to sew it back on. He rediscovered Bridger's South Pass.

• Jedediah Smith

• Jim Bridger

• Father Escalante

• John Smith

A mountain man who discovered the Great Salt Lake, but thought at first it was the Pacific Ocean. His most important discovery though was the South Pass through the Rockies that would later become a railroad line and now I-80.

• Jedediah Smith

• Jim Bridger

• Father Escalante

• John Smith

Although not a mountain man, he was an important explorer of Utah as he was one of the very first white men in Utah. He had gone to Utah to share the Catholic religion with Native Americans, but while there he also made some initial maps of the region.

• Jedediah Smith

• Jim Bridger

• Father Escalante

• John Smith

To trade without money

• Barter

• Rendezvous

• Pelt

• Cache

• Trading Company

The furry skin of an animal

• Barter

• Rendezvous

• Pelt

• Cache

• Trading Company

A group that will buy pelts from the mountain men and Native Americans at a rendezvous

• Barter

• Rendezvous

• Pelt

• Cache

• Trading Company