He Ate Indian Livers Raw: The Crow-Killer - Liver Eating Johnston, Legend And Truth, Montana, 1870 

Actual history is very shocking. When I listen to some of the horrific things people have endured I feel ashamed about the insignificant "hardships" that I cry about sometimes. Learning about real history can put things into perspective real fast

Read the book back in the early '70s, remember on vacation going out of my way to visit Red Lodge because of him, went over Beartooth Pass into Yellowstone as a result, one of America's great roads, those were good years...

Great story! Thank you

Really enjoyed this one. Thank you for sharing! Nice to hear the truth.

👏🏼😁 I really enjoyed this story, especially because my great grandfather was raised by Flathead Chief Moise. He spent most of is life near Philipsburg on his homestead. He made is living as a farm hand, but mostly as a prospector, he was later appointed as a government trapper in his district. I am a Silversmith (hobby), and have enjoyed making jewelry out of his sapphires that were passed down to me.

I live in Montana. Those days were savage

That was a GREAT story ❤❤ And I shared it with my dad 😊

By the 16th century, cnnibalism was not just part of the mental furniture of Eropeans; it was a common part of everyday medicine from Spain to England. Two new books claim that Eropeans saw no issue with cnnibalism right into the 19th and 20th century. Richard Sugg, who published a book in 2011 called Mummies, Cnnibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians. Louise Noble, who also wrote a book on the topic called Medicinal Cnnibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture.

Sounds like he could have been called Cabbage eating Johnston too

Great stories!

a great story thank you

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, FOR "SHARING" THESE VIVID STORIES, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS, FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WILD WEST, AND PIONEER DAYS!! I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN OUR EYES, TO THESE THINGS, KEPT HIDDEN, IN OLD, OBSCURE BOOKS!!!... MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!!!!...

I just watched the film Jeremiah Johnson, starring Robert Redford, last weekend for the first time and now I get to hear the true story! What a movie by the way.

Terrific episodd.

I love the movie Jeremiah Johnson

These men led epic lives.

As always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s John liver eating, his real name Johnson born John Jeremiah garrison ( 1824- 1900 ) he was mountain man of American old west . Rumors and legends about Johnson are common. His wife was member of late head American Indian tribe , was killed by young crow brave and his fellow hunter , which supposedly killed and scalped more than 300 crow Indians and then devoured their liver to revenge death of his wife and his reputation and collection of scalps grew , Johnson became object of fear . Say that he would cut out and eat liver of each crow killed , this led to his being known as ( liver eating ) Johnson one tale as cribbed to Johnson. Story goes as book you mentioned sir one morning in 1847 Johnson returned to his Rocky Mountain trapper cabin to find remains of his murdered Indian wife and her unborn child . He vowed vengeance against entire Indian tribe . Liver eating Johnson his body buried in Los Angeles veterans cemetery. In 1974 after six months campaign led by seventh grade students and their teacher Johnson remains were related to Wyoming, his epitaph reads ( no more trail ) . Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information.

There it is! The travelling wild Bill show ... I must find out who was ' retrieved ' from Brompton cemetery London. Surreal. Real history.

I note as a man who ate huge quantites of buffalow meat Johnstone was very strong. Then when he aged, he was growing and consuming vegitables and became feble and weak. As a 69 year old who went from high veg and weak, to a carnivour who keeps getting stronger, this makes sence to me.

I watch a lot of police interrogations and very often when a suspect goes into great detail to deny something they’re guilty. I find his story of “accidentally” removing an Indians liver and then only “pretending” to eat it highly suspect. I think it’s very possible he did eat the livers of his enemies and I’m not judging him for it with my very comfortable twenty first century hindsight.

I bet his life was much more interesting than the book versions. Those were very 'popular' 'biographies' of famous people with immense 'free rein' as far as embellishments to boost sales. No, I'm certain he did not eat the livers of his vanquished adversaries. Some of those anecdotes are surely based on some eyewitness events, nonetheless. Very fascinating era fer shure! Thanks!

Get this man a statue! Savage beget savage. Hard times create hard men, hard men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times and so history repeats itself, over and over and over and here we are among the weakest of men.

Jeremiah. Johnson movie is one of the best favorite of mine

Fabulous story. But his home in Thousand Springs, Idaho is never mentioned. Don’t know why?

Also, (and please excuse all the comments) he absolutely was eating livers ... With that appetite? lol wild man. I suppose we'll never know.

The movie was based on a book of fiction by Vardis Fisher called "Mountain Man".

An absolute American legend! However true the details, Johnston became the "crow" to the Indian Prometheus.

1:40 I have heard that saying that someone was shamed during captivity was a euphemism for sexual abuse. Is that true?

John went mad….wow!!!

Look like Jeremiah Johnson 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So why didnt he cook the liver with onions?

Thanks

Thou shall not eat unclean foods 🤺💐

Based on what I’ve heard from several of your videos this is more like legends and anecdotes. Interesting and unreliable.

He reminds me of the noisy drunk guy from Valentine's Saloon in RDR2.

He'll eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti

So it wasn't just a couple of Indian tribes. That? Practised cannabilism

Still have'nt found a copy of " Frozen Grass". I must remember to visit a reputable book seller.

There are plenty of accounts of cannibalism. Mainly due to necessity, the donner family, To mention just one case.

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Ol' Liver Eating Johnston was badass!

why doesn't he have nice hairdo like Robert Redford?

I wish the narrator’s voice was different!

My father actually went to jr high with Liver Eater Johnson, they played outfield together.

Because they in Hollywood used Jeremiah , to make it seems those who are Christians are a little crazy , and some of us are , ha ,ha ,ha, HA, HA ,HA, HAA , HAA, HAA , deal with it !

Just because a history book is old doesn't make it true.

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That watercolor is an adaptation of a photo of jeremiah johnson. Weak.

The devil probably ate his Liver when he went to Hell.

the Guaymures, the most savage People of all the Americas. They are of a Gigantic Size, have white Skins, carry exceeding great Bows and Arrows, live without Houses, devour humane Flesh like tigers, they never fight in body but if a man not on his Guard they fall on them like beast. they eat even their own Children. They formerly covered all the Country from Rio San Francifco to Cape Frio ; but being beaten by the Tupinambes and Tupine- chias people, they retired to this Captain hill, the year 1581, the Savages. Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 CARTOGRAPHER Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625-1683

Yo man i am from india is this about indian people