Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson

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Author: Raymond W. Thorp Jr.

ISBN-10: 0253203120

ISBN-13: 9780253203120

Category: Native American Studies

The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) of John Johnson, who in 1847 found his wife and her unborn child had been killed by Crow braves. Out of this tragedy came one of the most gripping feuds—one man against a whole tribe—in American history.

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The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) of John Johnson, who in 1847 found his wife and her unborn child had been killed by Crow braves. Out of this tragedy came one of the most gripping feuds — one man against a whole tribe — in American history.

Preface Acknowledgments\ Part One The Young Trapper\ 1 The Making of a Legend\ 2 The Hair Merchants\ 3 An Apprenticeship\ 4 A Madness\ 5 Oath of Vengeance\ Part Two Liver-Eating Johnson\ 6 A Man’s Reputation\ 7 Twined Scalps\ 8 Crow Against Flathead\ 9 Winter Holiday, Spring Council\ 10...A Missing Chapter\ Part Three A Man Amoung Men\ 11 The Eighteenth Warrior\ 12 Captive of the Blackfeet\ 13 Mountain-Man Rendezvous\ 14 Boots and Biscuits\ 15 Portuguese Phillips\ 16 A Sioux Liver\ 17 Monument for a Foe’s Friend\ 18 Target for Gray Bear\ Part Four Brother of the Crows\ 19 White Chief of the Shoshoni\ 20 Biscuits for Blackfeet\ 21 A Last Departure\ 22 Mariano and the Ute Chief\ 23 The Piegan Princess\ 24 Eight Scalps for the Crows\ Part Five The Old Trapper\ 25 Burial for Bear Claw\ 26 Sheriff Johnson\ 27 Last Trail\ 28 Lodge by the Sea\ frontispiece\ Liver-Eating Johnson at Red Lodge, Montana, One Year Before His Death