The two men stayed with Hugh for about four days before fear overcame them. Fitzgerald talked
Bridger into abandoning Hugh to save themselves. He claimed Hugh was near death anyway. To get his reward, Fitzgerald took Hugh's rifle, ammunition, tomahawk, and other items, in the
tradition of white men who took from the dead, to prove to Henry he'd done as he'd been paid. He was also afraid, but Bridger didn't like leaving Hugh. He also didn't like failing at a task given
to him. But he went along with Fitzgerald.
(SOURCE: Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain Man: The Saga of Hugh Glass, John Myers Myers, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1963.)
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