A Cycle of the West · Character

Jules Le Bon

A French-Canadian trapper of the Ashley expedition, carrying the old voyageur's songs and skills into a country that is rapidly changing hands.

supporting

Also known as Le Bon

First appearance: i ashley s hundred

As a supporting figure in A Cycle of the West, Jules Le Bon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Le Bon is mentioned as one of the men who accompanied Carpenter on the cache-lifting expedition.

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Le Bon belongs to the polyglot brotherhood of trappers who paddle, portage, and barter their way up the Missouri, their French patois and easy laughter a counterpoint to the grim business of survival. He embodies the older fur-trade world even as American expansion and Lakota resistance close in around it. His presence in the expedition's ranks gives the story its texture of lived-in frontier culture, where a man's worth is measured in pelts, endurance, and the songs he can raise around a fire.

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Character groups

Key Figures in Conflict
Ashley Expedition Members
Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Closing

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Little Jim
rivalry · negative
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Hugh Glass
rivalry · negative
Hugh Glass
rivalry · negative
Little Jim
rivalry · negative
Jules Le Bon and Little Jim are antagonists, with Le Bon's treachery and cruelty directly… How this plays out →

Little Jim
Jules Le Bon and Little Jim are antagonists, with Le Bon's treachery and cruelty directly opposing Jim's innocence and survival.
Hugh Glass
Hugh Glass and Jules Le Bon are enemies, as Le Bon abandons Glass to die, sparking Glass's quest for vengeance.
Hugh Glass
Hugh Glass and Jules Le Bon are enemies, as Le Bon abandons Glass to die, sparking Glass's quest for vengeance.
Little Jim
Jules Le Bon and Little Jim are antagonists, with Le Bon's treachery and cruelty directly opposing Jim's innocence and survival.

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In the story

Jules Le Bon appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

IV: The Net Is Cast
Le Bon is mentioned as one of the men who accompanied Carpenter on the cache-lifting expedition.
Graybeard and Goldhair
A practical and fearful member of the party, Le Bon helps Jamie flee from the Rees, but not before stripping the seemingly dead Glass of his gear.
IV: The Return of the Ghost
The traitor who abandoned Glass; his presence at the fort is implied by Henry's mention, and he is the first to see Glass's ghostly figure.
V: Jamie
Mentioned as having taken Hugh's blanket, steel, and knife, contributing to Jamie's suffering.

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