Boone: I'm actually starting to miss my wife's cooking.
Stubby Bill: Shit, I'm actually startin' to miss your wife.
John Fitzgerald: You came all this way just for your revenge, huh? Did you enjoy it, Glass? 'Cause there ain't nothin' gon' bring your boy back.
Andrew Henry: Is it true you killed an officer?
Hugh Glass: I just killed a man who was trying to kill my son.
Hugh Glass: All I had was my boy... But he took him from me, you understand? He's afraid. He knows how far I came to find him.
Hugh Glass: I ain't afraid to die anymore. I've done it already.
Answer: The French were lying to the natives. They had kidnapped the woman and then sold them provisions to help the search for her. They benefited further from the Native Americans killing their rivals.