Crow Killer is a more factual based book of which I took for absolute fact for years. So I guess I are a mountain man. I dont care for the lowlands. Thanks for the input! I still watch it regularly. Ive spent a lot of time mountaineering in the Alps, so I just love to say I aint never seen em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills and the Alps is for children to climb., And I realize I cant even stick to my three faves. One, a novel, Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher. Shane, Great platform here! Sydney Pollack is one of my top directors. Thank you !!! I aint used to it., Maybe you best go down to a town. If you go into the mountains to get away from yourself, you will only be disappointed. The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required. Great to read all the quotes as I am again watching the movie. How ironic that it is Jeremiah Johnson that would connect us. I have and always will love this movie since I first saw it the summer before the Army (1973). I never thought Paints was there personally, so the question would be did he send a war party with his token/calling card? Some just dont resonate with me, but they might with you. 4. You aint likely to meet up with someone of my good nature. dale ques rant at the end,wheres you mule that kicks holes in the sky and shakes off it saddle, wheres your slavering wolf of the rolling prairie.. heres your old grizzer brown bear can clobber bark off a gum tree theres a man for ya jeremiah johnson, , im half horse half gator and a touch of the earthquake,, i got the pretties gal, the fastest horse and the ugliest dog this side of hell,,, i can out run, out jump, throw down , drag out and whip any man in all kentucky how you been jeremiah ? Lucky theys Crow. I also like A River Runs Through It, but I discovered that as an adult, so it did not have the same sort of impact. Ill dig out the dvd when I get back. Never seen it. He was lookin for a Hawkin gun, 50 caliber or better. I prefer it out here. Cheers. Bear Claw says to Jeremiah: Many a man have ventured high up the mountain looking to git something from the mountain that it cant give. Like I said this thought or quote has been stuck in my head but I doubt I have it right. I feel like Ive met a bunch of new friends! I hope to instill in them the need to preserve the church of the great outdoors, to paraphrase Del Que. Get in line on that one bear claw. next to Buffalo Bills grandson. Im half horse, half gator, toughern a earthquake. He talks a little about the tribes and their natures. Get in line on that one Bear CLaw! There are so many great quotes from this movietheyve been recounted here, so I wont belabor it. Loved it so much my son is named Jeremiah Caleb. "Trust God and keep your powder dry" is a saying that dates back to the English Civil war and is attributed to Oliver Cromwell. Question: When bear claw says whats on the spit? Its hard to hear them, but they ring true to how people saw things then (I suppose actually on the mild end). Becca good to get to know you via email. Id seen Redford as Jeremiah Johnson and thought to do a sculpture of a mountain man to sell in the galleries. Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders - Psywarrior Yes, eminently quotable. My wife says I ended up combining a bit of all three live in the mountains in a national park, was a ranger (albeit not exactly the kind Aragorn was) and, though no wizard, was a loremaster (aka full-time historian for 20+ years) like Gandalf, with a knack for reading old manuscripts. This doesnt have anything to do with anything, except insofar as Jeremiah Johnson quotes have to do with everything, now dont they? You two know each other!? OhThe Revenant was a remake of A Man in the Wilderness, with Richard Harris (A Man called Horse, from that period as well). You cannot improve on perfection. I recently bought mountain man written by Vardis Fisher, the book used as a foundation for the JJ movie. Made in Sweden, the Gransfors Bruks hatchet features a 4-inch rugged steel blade which is unbelievable sharp right out of the box. Keep your nose to the wind, your powder dry, and your machete sharp! Oh yeah, those are good words to live by too. Hes 23 now and everytime we part I say watch your top knot, and he always replies, yep watch yorn. Cant figure out why ten people down there are feedin on pork when they could be feedin on elk. eyeball with a rusty deer ,,,,Lodge-poled her at Dead Wolf Creek and traded her fer a Hawkin gun! Then dry them off thoroughly before starting the sharpening process. You are molesting my hunt., I know who you are! 2023 Raised By Turtles. hawk hell be going for the mussle shell it would take me a weeks ridin to get there and..hell, hes there already, What a blast reading your blog! Same here. I personally think the best is the last without saying anything when paints himself red and Jeremiah extend hands and that look on Jeremiah s face now thats priceless. Miss the mountains of Colorado but not the crowds on the trails. Dg No Im locatin my horse. The poem is a dramatic representation of Cromwell addressing his army during the invasion of Ireland. That was always puzzling. Ah this one slipped through without my seeing. Ill have to look for that one. It was Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson, by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker. Many of us hunt with traditional muzzleloaders and black powder, still. All the responses here from strangers are one of those things that makes me love the internet. Favorite quote would be Cant cheat the mountain pilgrim. And just for clarity, regarding, Aint never seen em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is but foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb, I believe what got left out was, The Colorado Rockies is the Marrow of the World. You neglected to mention one of the best . I dont think theres anything particularly obscure about the passages you mention, so they should be translatable. picky) about what you eat? In other words, Sit down, shut up and join me.. As for the idea of Johnson making peace with Paints His Shirt Red, why not? The other, Crow Killer, The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson, by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker . Sign is hard to follow or track. I could almost quote the entire moving in my head back then. "Keep your powder dry and your Tomahawk sharp" Gen. Rogers, Green Mountain Men, 7 . 3. My first thought to Jims last comment was to think that for about 100 years, Europeans cut each other to pieces because they disagreed as to whether the bread in the host was changed into Christ (Catholics), co-existed with the body of Christ (Lutherans) or that Christ was truly present, but spiritually, not materially (Reformed). Yours truly, Hatchet Jack." "I am Bearclaw Chris Lapp, blood kin to the grizzer that bit Jim Bridger's ass. Whether you keep your hatchet sharp or dull comes down to personal preference. Some folks say youre dead on account of this. Heres where the peoples is!, ..she never did get used to Hatchet Jack. So Ill keep an ear open next time through. Social Club I dont speak any Flathead you know. Mountain Man is a novel. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. One of our favorite quotes from Jeremiah himself, Ought to have been different., Elk dont know how many feet a horse has. Im so sorry you lost your fine figure of a man (a phrase that gets used in this house a lot too). Watch yer topknot. I told my pap and mam I was coming to the mountains to trap and be a mountain man.