Uncle Pig said:
Here is a Jeremiah Johnson question that has bugged me for years.
When I saw it in the theater as a youngster I could swear that when they passes through the Indian Cemetery They showed a picture of a beaded item hanging from one of the burials. Then when the cavalry passed by they showed that it was gone. This theft was the reason for the Indians attacking Johnson family not just the trespassing. When I have seen the movie since the scene has been changed to not imply a theft just trespassing.
Am I crazy or not?
Foster From Flint
No, no crazy. Just confused.
The beads hanging were supposed to be from Swan's backpack, which is prevalent in numerous scenes from the wedding to the death scene at the cabin, according to some, as Jeremiah runs up on the cabin the backpack is prominantly displayed in the foreground...as is the arrow stuck in the door jamb, painted with the sign of Paints His Shirt Red, the chief Jeremiah encounters first in the creek as a starving pilgrim, then with Bear Claw ("you fish poorly"), later as he trades, and finally at the end of the flick, as PHSR raises his hand, palm open and down, to infer..."peace..it is over", to which Jeremiah, after a moment of ponderance, returns the sign...
with gusto...at the close of the movie.
"and some folks say, he's up there, still..."
Maybe he is?
I doubt that any theft had anything to do with it. He knowingly violated a sacred burial ground, which was enough to incur a death sentance upon his family. But now that you've mentioned it, I suppose I'll have to watch it for the 301th time...
I wonder if there were some different versions came out of the movie. I know for TV they edit the bejeezus out of them.
