Hugh died of natural causes, whereupon they first buried him before riding north to rejoin the trapping-party. However, against all odds, Hugh survives. Regaining consciousness and finding himself alone, Hugh shrewdly deduces the identity of those who betrayed him. Then—fired by a relentless hate to punish those who left him to die—Hugh claws his painful way back to the land of the living: but only to set out to track down his betrayers and deal out some requisite summary justice. The story is retold in the 1971 film Man in the Wilderness. It is also the basis for Michael Punke's 2002 novel The Revenant, which was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Notes External links The Song of Three Friends at the Internet Archive. The Song of Hugh Glass at the Internet Archive. Book series introduced in 1915 American poems Epic poems in English Poetry by John Neihardt Fiction set in 1822 Fiction set in 1823 Hugh Glass