Life As A Frontier Trapper Was BRUTAL, Could you Do It?

They boiled their own boots… and called it dinner… Moccasins… Belts… Straps torn from their backs… Boiled into slime… Swallowed through cracked teeth… just to see another sunrise… Some cut off toes with a hatchet… Others dug out rotten teeth with knives… And when the infection kept climbing? They picked up the axe… and turned it on themselves… This was life for a frontier trapper… But what about you… Would you eat your own leather? Could you stitch your flesh with animal sinew and no whiskey? And how far would you go to not die out there? My name is Sam, and this is Wild America… #mountainman #furtrapper #survival ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Sources https://americanmountainmen.org/wp-co... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_... https://www.unco.edu/hewit/doing-hist... https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountai... https://npshistory.com/handbooks/coop... Osborne Russell’s Journal of a Trapper and Zenas Leonard’s Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard https://arnolddentistry.com/blog/fyi/... https://www.frontierlife.net/blog/tag... https://www.frontierlife.net/blog/202... https://www.petersenshunting.com/edit... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://bourbonveach.com/2021/01/25/w... https://www.tastingtable.com/1519062/... https://frontierpartisans.com/8745/dr... Sage, Rufus B. Scenes in the Rocky Mountains Ruxton, George Frederick. Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:50 - Rawhide Diet 00:02:41 - Parasites and Infestation 00:04:36 - Trapper’s Foot 00:08:25 - Infected Tooth 00:13:58 - Rabies ———————————————————————————————————————————————— All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please contact me via my email in the "about" page on my channel. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Wild America sometimes utilizes similar historical images, AI representations and footage for dramatic effect. I do my best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Wild America is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are American history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas. ————————————————————————————————————————————————