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|L1=Response to claim: 79 - Brigham's fortification of villages against attack by the Indians was a reversal of Book of Mormon prophecies regarding the Lamanites
|L2=Response to claim: 90 - The author claims that Latter-day Saint elders were "in the habit of confiscating at will younger wives of less ranking members of the church"
|L3=Response to claim: 90 - In the Gunnison death, the Mormons are claimed to have defamed the victims while blaming the Indians
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==Response to claim: 79 - Brigham's fortification of villages against attack by the Indians was a reversal of Book of Mormon prophecies regarding the Lamanites==
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The author claims that Brigham's fortification of villages against attack by the Indians was a reversal of Book of Mormon prophecies regarding the Lamanites.
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#No source provided, although the author dates this to July 21, 1853.
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{{misinformation|During the so-called "Walker War" against Indians (1853&ndash;54) Brigham Young and the Nauvoo Legion preferred defense and peaceful resolution over attack.  This strategy&mdash;as well as self-defense&mdash;is consistent with numerous Book of Mormon teachings (e.g., {{s||Alma|43|14,47}}, {{s||Alma|61|10}}). See: Howard A. Christy, "The Walker War: Defense and Conciliation as Strategy," ''Utah Historical Quarterly'' 47 (fall 1979): 395–420.
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==Response to claim: 90 - The author claims that Latter-day Saint elders were "in the habit of confiscating at will younger wives of less ranking members of the church"==
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The author claims that Latter-day Saint elders were "in the habit of confiscating at will younger wives of less ranking members of the church."		
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#No source provided.
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{{propaganda|This claim is absurd. The author would need to provide some evidence for this claim. An abbreviated version of a talk by Brigham Young is sometimes used in this vein, but a review of the contemporaneous text gives a [[Primary_sources/Brigham_Young_8_October_1861_discourse_on_plural_marriage|different picture]].
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==Response to claim: 90 - In the Gunnison death, the Mormons are claimed to have defamed the victims while blaming the Indians==
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In the Gunnison death, the Mormons are claimed to have defamed the victims while blaming the Indians.		|authorsources=<br>
#No source provided.
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{{misinformation|Despite anti-Mormon polemic to the contrary, Gunnison's death ''was'' the fault of an Indian attack.
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{{:Question: Were 19th century Utah Mormons complicit in the deaths of Judge Leonidas Shaver, John Gunnison, and Almon Babbitt?}}

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