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- John Johnston (January 22, 1781 – April 20, 1851) was a Scottish-American bookkeeper and merchant who was a co-founder of New York University.
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John " Liver-Eating " Johnson, born John Jeremiah Garrison Johnston (July 1, 1824 – January 21, 1900), was a mountain man of the American Old West.
- 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....
May 11, 2023 · The mountain man known as John Johnson did, indeed, exist. His given last name was actually Johnston, though he eventually went by Johnson. The stories that have been floating around about Johnson since the mid-1800s have painted him in various lights.
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.
Jan 20, 2020 · John Johnston, aka 'Liver-Eating Johnson'. From the cloudy reservoir of history it is often difficult to separate legend from reality, and such is the case with the story of the infamous American mountain man John Johnston. It is certain that throughout his life he was known by many names, but most famously he came to be known at the time as ...
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Sep 8, 2017 · Yet in his own time the frontiersman was more commonly known as John Johnston, reportedly a fake last name he took after striking an officer and deserting the Navy.
Nov 6, 2021 · Liver-Eating Johnson — born John Jeremiah Garrison Johnston — earned his gruesome nickname by (allegedly) committing some of the most heinous murders and acts of cannibalism as part of his...
