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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.
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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. Biography.
- 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....
Oct 29, 2023 · Liver-Eating Johnson served under Generals Oliver O. Howard, Samuel Sturgis and Nelson Miles as a scout in the Sioux and Nez Perce wars. Johnson was with Miles when Chief Joseph surrendered at the Battle of Bear Paw on October 5, 1877.
- Liver-Eating Johnson was a man of many names. Record-keeping was hit-or-miss in the 1800s, but as near as Old West historians can figure, Liver-Eating Johnson was born John Jeremiah Garrison on July 1, 1824, in New Jersey.
- Johnson was a military deserter. Using his birth name of John Jeremiah Garrison, Liver-Eating Johnson joined the United States Navy to fight in the Mexican-American War, which was fought between 1846 and 1848.
- He was an apprentice mountain man. Johnson hoped to live as a trapper and hunter in the untamed wilderness, but he first needed to learn the ropes. He somehow became acquainted with Old John Hatcher, a popular mountain man with a name you’d expect from a popular mountain man.
- Liver-Eating Johnson had a Native American bride. Sometime around 1847, Old John Hatcher announced his retirement from the mountain man business. He gave his cabin to Johnson and headed East.
One day during a Sioux battle, he jokingly told his companions he had eaten a piece of liver. Hence, his nickname, “Liver-Eating” Johnson,” was earned through a macabre joke. Johnston became the constable of Coulson/Billings, Montana, in the early 1880s.
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...
John “Liver Eating” Johnson was the inspiration behind 1972’s Jeremiah Johnson but the real man’s life was even more extraordinary than portrayed on film. Jo...
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