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- By taking the livers out and eating them, Liver-Eating Johnson wasn’t only viciously ending the Crow’s lives, but their perceived chance at the afterlife as well. In all, legend has it that Johnson killed, scalped, and devoured the livers of over 300 Crow Indians.
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Perhaps chief among them is that in 1847, his wife, a member of the Flathead American Indian tribe, was killed by a young Crow brave and his fellow hunters, which prompted Johnson to embark on a vendetta against the tribe.
- Before He Became Liver-Eating Johnson
- A Revenge-Driven Journey
- After His Revenge
- Liver-Eating Johnson’s Later Life
According to legend, Liver-Eating Johnson was born in 1824in Little York, New Jersey, though he didn’t live there long. At the dawn of the Mexican-American war, he left home to enlist in the Navy. However, his stint as a sailor didn’t last long either. After striking an officer, whether on purpose or by accident, he fled the army and became a deser...
Sometime in 1847, Liver-Eating Johnson’s wife was killed. While he was out one day, a group of Crow Indianmen attacked his home, killing his wife and burning his house to the ground. Blinded by rage, Johnson vowed to track down and kill each member of the Crow tribe in revenge. Being as well equipped as he was, hunting and killing the Crow was easy...
Rumor has it that while he was on his mission for vengeance, Liver-Eating Johnson was abducted by a group of Blackfoot Indian warriors who intended to sell him to the Crow. They stripped him to the waist, tied him up with leather straps, and left him in a teepee with a guard until they could meet up with the Crow. Despite being tied up, Johnson man...
After making peace with the Crow, Liver-Eating Johnson eventually moved on, joining the Company H, 2nd Colorado Cavalry of the Union Army in St. Louis in 1864 before being honorably discharged the following year. After his service, he moved to Coulson, Montana and was appointed deputy sheriff. Later he became the town marshal of Red Lodge, Montana....
John “Liver-Eating” Johnson is known in history as a sailor, mountain man, Indian fighter, and lawman who earned the moniker of “Liver-Eating” because he allegedly killed several Crow Indians and ate their livers.
Oct 29, 2023 · John “Liver-Eating” Johnson was considered one of the strongest mountain men to trap in the West as well as the most feared Western fur trapper because of his vendetta against the Crow Indians. Courtesy the Thomas Minckler Collection
Nov 6, 2021 · In this traveling show Johnson reenacted and greatly dramaticized his one-man Indian fights of the 1860s and 1870s and the eating of a Sioux warrior’s liver, though using Crow Indians as...
Oct 20, 2023 · Liver-Eating Johnson murderous revenge against the Crow people lasted for more than two decades. Eventually, Johnson made peace with the Crow and even referred to them as his “brothers.” Johnson, it seemed, was finally over his grief and anger.
Jan 20, 2020 · It is said that he earned these names through his penchant for killing Crow Indians, then cutting out and eating their livers; a symbolic way of completing a revenge slaying. His personal war against the Crow tribe was an errand to avenge the murder of his wife, who had been killed by Crow warriors in 1847.
