Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Man in the Wilderness
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Plot== In 1820, an expedition led by Captain Henry has completed two years of [[Trapping|fur trapping]] in the unexplored Northwest territory. They are determined to reach the [[Missouri River]] before winter so they can sail south and trade their goods. Lowrie, a young trapper, hunts a deer and Zachary Bass follows after it until he is mauled by a brown bear. Too afraid to intervene, Lowrie sends for Henry and his men, who eventually kill the bear. Zachary's flesh wounds are examined by the expedition's doctor, Ferris, who believes he will not survive the journey. Henry orders Lowrie and Fogarty, another trapper, to have Zachary buried if he is not dead by morning and have Lowrie delivery a eulogy. Both men remain at Zachary's side as the expedition departs. By the next morning, both men leave Zachary, who is still conscious, for dead as the [[Arikara]] natives approach. The natives approach him and leave without incident, as Zachary drifts in and out of consciousness. He first remembers his days as a student, and his then-pregnant wife Grace, who urges him to believe God is in him and all living things. Within hours, Lowrie and Fogarty return to Henry's expedition and report they had left Zachary for dead. Henry decides not to return for him, believing Zachary would want the expedition to continue. Meanwhile, Zachary, though injured, scavenges for food by consuming berries and raw bison meat. He builds himself a leg crutch and salvages wire, a knife, and a spear to kindle a fire. He traps a rabbit and uses its fur as an armpit cushion. Within days, Zachary's strength regains, and he traps and skins a cougar for its coat. As the winter approaches, Zachary hides as a native couple approaches, and watches as the woman gives birth. This rekindles past memories of Grace, who had died in childbirth to an infant son. Fogarty, who is on the night watch, believes he sees Zachary and shoots him, but it turns out he had killed Lowrie. The next morning, the expedition arrive at a frozen river, and are forced to carry the boat for the duration of the expedition. One morning, the natives head towards Henry's expedition, and a gunfight ensues. Zachary pushes forward to help the expedition until the native chief stops the fighting when he recognizes Zachary. The chief blesses Zachary and returns his spear to him. Zachary returns to the expedition and approaches Henry, who returns his rifle back to him. Henry fears he will be shot, but Zachary decides to return to his son. He leaves, and the expedition follows after him.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)