Jeremiah Johnson

I believe that watching the film Jeremiah Johnson while we were reading Bent's Fort was good. I was able to get a better understanding for the book by watching the film. There was comparisons we made in class that helped get a better visual of what the Bent's and the traders went through. We talked a lot about the interactions between the Indians and Jeremiah Johnson versus the Bent's and the Indians. I agree what was said in class, Jeremiah Johnson had more of a emotional interaction with the Indians, where as the Bent's relationship was strictly political. Without the Indians the Bent's trade would not exist. Johnson was more of an independent 'mountain man'. He kept more to himself, but when there was interaction it was pulling more on the emotions. For example at the end of the film when the Indian and Johnson did a salute and went on their way. I also found it interesting how Jeremiah Johnson considered himself a 'mountain man' where the Bent's were traders. I think that is because Johnson was more on a mission of living on his own in the mountains and the Bent's were all about the fur trading business. I thought the movie overall was okay, it did help draw an image of what the Bent's some what went through.