Potts was killed and dismembered while Colter was supposedly stripped naked and told to run for his life. HE MURDERED SOMEONE!
John Colter was accused of lying about his exploration of the Yellowstone region after he returned from a journey there in the early 1800s. Many people found his descriptions of the area's geothermal features, such as hot springs and geysers, to be so fantastical that they doubted his credibility. His accounts were often dismissed as exaggerations or fabrications, leading to skepticism about the existence of the remarkable natural phenomena he claimed to have encountered.
john colter had to be educated, because he was a private in the army before he worked with Lewis and clark
Virginia
1813
1813
John Colter's Escape - 1912 was released on: USA: 6 December 1912
he died in wyoming
about 38 years
John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was born in Stuarts Draft, Virginia in 1774. He died in New Haven, Missouri in 1813.
John Colter finally return to Missouri to settle down and marry.
Bridget Bishop
John colter