The poem is a dramatic representation of Cromwell addressing his army during the invasion of Ireland. There are great stretches WITHOUT words, and the scenery, the spirit of it, are just phenomenal. Sunshine or thunder, a man will always wonder. He arrived in San Francisco and was heading around the first of April, 1869. The second half of the phrase is often used by itself, and forms the title of the 1945 film Keep Your Powder Dry as well as Margaret Mead's 1942 book And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America. Most off the commenters seem to be around my age (born in the early 1960s). Perfect finish. I guess I left it off because it is *the* famous quote of the movie. My beard? If we take a knee and bow to anyone, let it be to God Almighty and never to man, that He may keep and Bless our exceptional Republic. How long have you bneen carrying your Squaw, Johnson? The most famous, emblematic and oft-repeated quote from the whole damn movie! Anyone know? Im an old fart, so youngish when the movie was made. Yes, the Flatheads were thrilled with JJ when they thought he was responsible for the Blackfeet scalps. Too many good ones ;-) As for growin/grown, Ill have to listen again, but the screenplay transcription I have says grown and thats always how Ive heard it. Flathead and Ute gentle and peaceful. See also: dry, keep, powder Thank you. Me neither. This started a tumultuous relationship with one of the many grizzled mountain men that has so permanently carved out who I am today. Sydney Pollack is one of my top directors. The man asked Muir where he wanted to go. Jeremiah Johnson! Never seen it. Everyone has captured my favorite lines, so wont struggle to find morebut a powerful, thought provoking movie, rich in character and detailamazing, You missed the best 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. There ya go! Going for the Musselshell. I have a question. I really had no idea how many of us were in this club! 2) Many a child journeys this high to be different. I could never find any tracks in a womans heart Ever get lonesome He was lookin for a Hawkin gun, 50 caliber or better. I meant the quote Ben just mentioned, I like these: You have a son, you need a wife. I wonder if the Crow disliked the Blackfeet as much as the Flatheads did? . [3] The book of Proverbs offers up the same idea in Proverbs 21:31, "The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.". I will preface this by saying that I am a lefty liberal, I have friends from local tribes who were dispossessed of their lands and believe it is unconscionable what we did as a country to the Indians (which is the moniker the local tribes prefer, before anyone gets upset every time NPS uses it on their Facebook, as requested by local tribes, someone calls them racist) and I am upset by even mild manifestations of racism. Learn more. Alamo Whats on the spit? I was stopping the film and using the subtitles to help, so thats probably why I got that wrong. I came upon this site looking for the Del soliloquy for no particular reason it just popped into my head. Swans father speaks French, why does Swan speak Flathead? Its hard to hear them, but they ring true to how people saw things then (I suppose actually on the mild end). I see various versions online, but to answer this one, my wife and I listened to that line about four times with our ears up to the speaker and we both agree that it is: Ride due west as the sun sets. Its been a privilege to connect with you all! His brother owned a small fly-by-night bronze foundry for western art, and thats where I took a job to pay for schooling. But if I turn pre-approval off, all manner of the worst spammers show up. ". As for the idea of Johnson making peace with Paints His Shirt Red, why not? Theyll cut you crotch to Have not watched it much recently but finding this blog lit the fire again. I have not tracking or analytics on this website, so I literally do not know if it gets one visitor a month or a thousand (I know its not a million!). My best Buddy, Roy, and I frequently refer to lines in the movie, JJ. Swan: Yes., JJ: That is all you will need to knowfor now. Thanks for the comment. Some folks say you never will beon account of this. When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. If I may, there are so many who would never and will never read this on a computerWaaagh! Give me a good horse and a Hawkin gun, and a good Native woman and the ability to build a damn cabin, and I could stay here forever. No snakes, wolves, snakes and not much for bugs. Horses were having trouble. So that I get it right. Thanks for creating this page Tom, the great comments from those above , brought a tear to my eye. Does JJ say grown particular or growd particular? The origin of the idiom " keep your powder dry " comes from Oliver Cromwell, the Scottish leader who invaded Ireland. JJ definitely broke the rules by taken the soldiers through, and he knew there would be some kind of pay back, but he and I both underestimated Paints vengeance. When Im hunting and the silence in the woods is defeaning(sp) I find myself thinking about JJ. Hi Guys! Thanks, nice site, fun. And watch it any time I see it on. Lord hope it be a white man. Im overdue for another watch though. And of course, has is grammatically correct as well (horses have four feet, but a horse has four feet). Oh yeah, those are good words to live by too. The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required. I start sharp, keep an eye on it, but usually just touch it up during lunch with a stone, and do fine. ..acted like they wuz gutshotthey said , Son, make yer life grow here. I know! Bear Claw has a hard time figuring out women. Its hard not to want to see JJ get old in his cabin with his family. We wanted moreso we all checked out the book from the library, one gal at a time. Could be the old adage the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Down trail! Two thoughts to ponder. Ride due west as the sun sets, turn left at the Rocky Mountains, All you need to know about life can be found in this movie. Where the fair wind blows?, I dont believe I saw this quote, but apologies if I missed it: l got no truck with them Blackfeet. Trusting God does not relieve the soldier of the duty to have a fully functioning firearm. We knew the script by heart, and very often we got to use it in daily living for humor and awe. A Primer on Pocket Hatchets & Proper Technique | RECOIL OFFGRID Pocket hatchets may be small in stature, but they make up for it in character. Im a lifelong mountaineer and for steep, difficult climbing, the Rockies are nothing compared to the Alps or the Andes. .usually get looked at strangely. When we march, we keep moving till dark, so as to give the enemy the least possible chance at us. The Searchers And even if you dont need to, watch yer topknot;-). They rode Harleys and drove WWII surplus Jeeps, and owned their own construction and repair businesses. One of our favorite quotes from Jeremiah himself, Ought to have been different., Elk dont know how many feet a horse has. Theres no other movie Ive watched so many times. Try to get young people to watch it all the time . Thanks for the comment. Del is buried to his neck. I just wanted a list for me and my friend Rand. I think Thats it in a nutshell. Gentlemen, I am honored that you have chosen to have this conversation on my crappy little blog! I am lucky enough to live in the heart of the mountains these days (the Sierra Nevada, not the Rockies). See the enemy first. At what would later become Robert Redfords Sundance Ski Resort. Hatchet vs. Axe. Thats a true statement. I prefer it out here. Thought of Jeremiah Johnson the whole time. I just found it searching for a quote keeping your nose in the wind and your powder dry. 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. So many great ones to choose from. I forgot that one? What do these sentences mean? Not sure if it was mentioned yet but the movie credits state that the film is based on the book, Mountain Man, by Vardis Fisher. One of the most beautiful places I have ever been. 2nd comment, you forgot the best quote ever. Id seen Redford as Jeremiah Johnson and thought to do a sculpture of a mountain man to sell in the galleries. I ended up frequently snow skiing where much of the movie was filmed. My two faves in your post are actually in the original post the one about the Rocky Mtns being the marrow of the world and Ive been to a town., I like this quote: I am working on a translation to Swedish. Sign is hard to follow or track. Many a child? Does this mean Many has an idea?, 3) Tryin to get from the mountains something As for the other, not sure there either. I only knew him in passing but he seemed like a good joe. [Lived with a she mountain lion in a cave up in the Musselshell.] I have a DVD of the movie that has seen multiple plays! Theres just too much quotable stuff from that movie. Many of us hunt with traditional muzzleloaders and black powder, still. Hawk! Im trying to locate my horse. Ill need to watch it again with the subtitles on to get the exact transcription. In the same vein so does The Good, The Bad & The Ugly with all of the theres two kinds of men lines. I am in the process of starting a blog and website and I end my blog with keep your eyes along the skyline and your nose to the wind.. Work both sides of the axe equally, counting strokes if want to get it perfect. The arrow in the doorway at the cabin after Swan and Caleb are killed appears to have the same markings as the arrow we see when Johnson first meets Paints His Shirt Red with Bearclaw (I havent tried to compare). I really like this movie. Dels long thing about telling his parents he wanted to be a mountain man. Bear Claw. Imagine 18 years of sleeping with one eye open. 53 young! Great to read all the quotes as I am again watching the movie. I owe it a lot. Its Grown particular? which actually makes sense (Crow in particular doesnt make logical sense). I was in tears being in Indiana away from my Rocky Mountains. Apparently, I read the character it was based on did move out of the mountains and ended up in San Fransisco or something. It was Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson, by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker. So a lot has been discussed in regards to paints his shirts response to jj and others trespassing through sacred burial grounds. The poem is a dramatic representation of Cromwell addressing his army during the invasion of Ireland. I am so excited that my current wife has never seen it, as now I get to introduce her to it, with the bonus of me getting to view it once again. Also maybe the Whether you need to clear a trail or chop firewood, the Gransfors is perfectly balanced and holds its edge very well. I was in fifth grade I believe and it defined the future directions of our lives for my friend Geoff (Marines, not Army, BTW) and me. Made in Sweden, the Gransfors Bruks hatchet features a 4-inch rugged steel blade which is unbelievable sharp right out of the box. And, for the record, when people asked me what I thought of The Revenant,, I told them I liked it better when it was called Jeremiah Johnson. My favorite is when JJ asks BC if hes ever been lost, BC says never lost, been a might confused for a month or two. No matter, The Revenant took place in South Dakota and there are no Rocky Mountains here either. Bc oh boy are you sure that you can skin griz? Ha? (talking to Del Que barried up to his neck in the sand) Twerent Mormons. 4. meanest b**ch that ever balled for beads. keep one's powder dry Stay alert, be careful, as in Go ahead and take on the opposition, but keep your powder dry. Crow Killer is a more factual based book of which I took for absolute fact for years. Oh, of course youre right that a lot of the story is absurd, but we arent in it for a documentary, are we? As Del Gue comments around the fire. Shane, Great platform here! 1. picky) about what you eat? In other words, Sit down, shut up and join me.. JJ: Anyone pass by recently? Sorry it took so long to notice this Ive moved 15 tons of gravel in the last few days for a house project (9 tons to go! Its to the point that sons and daughters, and grandsons and granddaughters have seen it and join in with their favorite quotes. The mountain teaches its own lessons, not the lessons you want it to teach. Bc E-heh E-heh E-heh heh heh. He talks a little about the tribes and their natures. Theres never any attempt by Johnson to actively go after the Crow once hed settled the score with the raiding party, so it seems pretty unlikely to me he was holding a grudge. 3. This colloquial expression, which originally alluded to keeping gunpowder dry so that it would ignite, has been used figuratively since the 1800s but today is less common than take care. Thats how I hear it. Filthiest animal this side of hell. "Trust God and keep your powder dry" is a saying that dates back to the English Civil war and is attributed to Oliver Cromwell. You are molesting my hunt." As far as the Crow knew jj was the great warrior who avenged the crazy woman in the wolf tail valley. Cant say whats happened behind me though. As far as Flat Head vs Crow vs Blackfeet. Cant figure out why ten people down there are feedin on pork when they could be feedin on elk. Because of course the screenplay is the screenplay, not necessarily what the actor actually said. At the same time, he was an honorable man, well aware that he had disrespected Crow sacred ground, and knew full well that there may be consequences which he would have to accept. He also quoted A River Runs Through It, chapter and verse. Good to know there are many brothers and sisters out there. At least for me. Lord . I can still sing it. 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). It made quite an impression that stuck with me to this day. 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 ? I looked over at him and said something profound like this sucks. Took my time and looked for sign the whole time. FYI for those who follow Geoff and I saw this movie together and it defined a fair bit of our childhood. Thanks for this post. Ill dig out the dvd when I get back. The mountain has its own ways. Thanks again Tom Lambert! Be prepared and save your resources until they are needed. In my opinion Obama is America's Jim Jones and we have been flim flammed by what he promised Americans. One superb motion picture and made me a fan of Sydney Pollock and Duke Callaghan forever. Not sure where you can come down stream and see the Rocky Mountains if you havent been there yet. Anyway, I am dead. Crow in particular. It distills the essence of being a mans man into a believable story and it has a happy enough ending. I recently bought mountain man written by Vardis Fisher, the book used as a foundation for the JJ movie. He made the choice, or rather was pressured into it, again, because he was an honorable man in my estimation. I think I used that just the other day in fact. JJ: Great White Hunter, yesyes? Del Gue..No. A full time night woman I saw it in the Theater when it came out. This emphasizes that the keep your powder dry was seen only as an additional insurance. I agree that many of the lines stay with us forever. Great film! It is not surprising that this blog unearthed so many fans of the movie. If art does not trouble you a little, what is the purpose? The end is no fun. Cowboys were pissy. for what I too have seen it way more times than a sane man should. I also see to the sunset, which makes no sense. I just hope that if they do remake the film they get a part in the beginning right. Saw it in the theater on perhaps 1973 with a high school girlfriend. DQ: No ones passed by in front of me. My late husbands favorite movie. She never did get used to him., Do you speak any English? JJ: Whats happened to your face Watch yourn., That Hatchet Jack was a wild one. Ben, I always hoped Paints gesture was a peace offering,an olive branch and JJs return wave was acceptance. But then he doesnt. Redford at his best . Youll be there in Hell, hes there already. KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY - Cambridge English Dictionary Meaning of keep your powder dry in English keep your powder dry idiom to wait before taking action, but be ready to take action if it is necessary: I think some potential candidates are going to keep their powder dry and see how it's playing out. To the extent that I can sing anything at all, that is. Thanks for sharing. Some I cant believe I missed. And for that matter, we dont like Jeremiah because hes a killer. Love to see other people fell the same about movie . Thats the way the screenplay has it written. And if so, how could JJ make peace with him at the end? Not Paints. Havent watched it yet in 2018! You are molesting my hunt., I know who you are! I like to use that when my wife or any number of my immediate family, is thinking about doing something that might draw undue attention to me. For folks reading this, if you click Olivers name in the comment above, it will take you to his page and down at the bottom youll see Liver-Eatin Johnson! Lets hope they never try and remake this classic. That blade is from the 1970s when steel was made in America. He also values them less than he values a good Hawken rifle. There was a guy fishing in the creek in the only good swimming hole and we were talking and I said, Well, Id take a swim if I wouldnt be molesting your fish?. Man who shot Liberty Valence I have to say that Ive never heard of Nevada Smith, but Ill have to put it on the list. From a time. Ill have to put Legends of the Fall on my watchlist Ive heard the title, but thats it. JJ was a young man of proper width in order to go through what he experienced & be able to come out while on the other side. Cheyenne she were, should be Cheyenne she was. Turn left at the Rocky Mountains.. A woman When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. 2. Cows were slipping, sliding and falling. Ill have to agree with Jim on this one..It sounds like Bear Claw says have although subtitles print has. Its proper width & adventurous spirit of a young man. I lost my partner and best friend of 25 years this summer. Youll see others that say till the sun sets which only makes sense if he was only a few hours from the Rocky Mountains, in which case, you would already be in the Rocky Mountains, so to speak. Gee i dont know. Without Geer and Redford, it just couldnt be done. I think it is Robert Redfords best work, and Will Geer and Stephan Gierasch with show stealing performances. It has turned out to be a great joy to find out how 50 years after the fact, there are still so many people who are moved by the film. Weve seen too much and done too much, but the truth of this movie endures. This movie is a part of my constitution, as well, friend. If Paints His Shirt Red was in the war party that took Swan and Caleb, he would have been finished off by Jeremiah. Top Westerns His movements, his grunts. Cant see why nobody mentioned cant cheat the mountain. That holds true today. Funny how I use jj quotes every chance I get. But when I was there the only real reason to watch your top knot would be weather related, such as avalanche. Ride due west to the sunsets. Knowing the amazing heart-felt movie that follows those perfectly poetic descriptive lyrics always creates an emotional experience for me while watching the opening sequence. Couple of little things. He answers. I cant say how gratifying it is to found out how many JJ fans there are out there and how much that movie has influenced so many of us, As to the rest, I agree with Ben, but Jims question remains is that meant to be Paints mark? . I dont think my mind works quite right without JJ rolling around in there somewhere. Well, mandate may be a little coarse. Whats he shouting at? Take me a weeks ride hell be there in hell, hes there now. JJ: Huh? The expression grew popular in the 19 th century, with several uses of the phrase emerging in the 1900's in various contexts.. Jeremiah Johnson My perspective was courtesy of that movie. Thanks so much for creating and maintaining this site. Not sure, my memory is a little worse than bad. Since he preferred to live in the mountains rather than a town, being able to live there without the constant worry of an attack, the most logical decision would be to make peace after so long. Definition of keep their powder dry in the Idioms Dictionary. back then,being crazy was an asset !!! I made the mistake of watching the Lord of the Rings movies and the Harry Potter movies. Thanks and watch yer topknot. Maybe so. This movie touched my soul at such a deep level even though I first watched it as a young girl. Watch yer topknot. Del Gue is so politically incorrect that I dont think he could exist in a Hollywood film today. And I dont have a Facebook, JJ wouldnt either! Subscribe to the Magazine Preparation Survival Transportation Gear Newsletter Magazine FAQ Search Subscribe to the magazine Great site here as Ive wanted to find Del Gues lines but never have till now. The language and most quotes are so cool. To be honest, i never thought anyone would read this post. Classic Good Looks Hatchet . Your fine efforts have generated a quote or two right here that I feel are worthy of repeating. Ah this one slipped through without my seeing. My favorite movie of all time. Many times Ive used the never lost, been a might confused for a month or two line when driving with the wife, and many others. I saw it the first time when I was 13 with my Grandpa. My dad shared a few movies with me and the really are all timeless. Thats so sweet. The other. He and Will Geer certainly helped the movie be a classic. I simplify, I know, but the point being that these matters easily become sufficient to war. Paints his shirt may have become leary of jj and felt justified of his harsh response. Watch your topknot That was always puzzling. what does the secret path say about identity; how fast is tyreek hill 100 yard dash. Gotta go watch it right now. Whether you keep your hatchet sharp or dull comes down to personal preference. Shouldnt we have Planning or Demanding here instead?
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