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On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. This book offers a thoroughly researched account of the massacre.
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On September 11, 1857, a wagon train of emigrants passing through the Utah Territory on their way to California were massacred at Mountain Meadows. Although today's historians agree that the principal perpetrators were members of the Mormon militia in southern Utah, how much the central Mormon leadership, especially Brigham Young at the top, knew about the massacre, when and how they learned about it, and the extent of a cover up afterward are still matters of controversy and debate.In this 12th volume of the Arrington Lecture Series, Thomas Alexander (Lemuel Redd Professor of
Mormon Church --- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857. --- Mountain Meadows Massacre, 1857 --- Massacres --- Apostles (Mormon Church) --- Council of the Twelve (Mormon Church) --- Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Mormon Church) --- Apostles --- Mormonism --- Christian sects --- History. --- Apostles. --- History --- Young, Brigham, --- Utah --- Presidents (Mormon Church) --- Presidents. --- Presidents (Latter Day Saints Church) --- Presidents (Latter Day Saint churches) --- Latter Day Saint churches
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