https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_MassacrePerpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre - Revision history2026-07-01T11:55:21ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266354&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:54, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:54:08Z<p></p>
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</table>SpencerMarshhttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266353&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:46, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:46:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recognizes </del>it as the most difficult of all the many subjects with which he has to deal in this ''History.'' Difficult because it is well-nigh impossible to sift out the absolute truth of the matter from the mass of conflicting statements made by witnesses and near witnesses of the affair; and equally difficult to reconcile the differences of contending partisans. Anti-"Mormon" writers have been determined to fasten the crime upon the Church of the Latter-day Saints, or at least upon her leaders; and also, as a rule, holding that in some way "Mormon" doctrine and "Mormon" church polity was responsible for the crime. On the other hand, church people who, in all good conscience, and justly, resent this imputation against their church and its leaders, have been naturally slow to admit all the facts that history may insist upon as inevitable.<ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Roberts, </del>139<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[I] recognize[] </ins>it as the most difficult of all the many subjects with which he has to deal in this ''History.'' Difficult because it is well-nigh impossible to sift out the absolute truth of the matter from the mass of conflicting statements made by witnesses and near witnesses of the affair; and equally difficult to reconcile the differences of contending partisans. Anti-"Mormon" writers have been determined to fasten the crime upon the Church of the Latter-day Saints, or at least upon her leaders; and also, as a rule, holding that in some way "Mormon" doctrine and "Mormon" church polity was responsible for the crime. On the other hand, church people who, in all good conscience, and justly, resent this imputation against their church and its leaders, have been naturally slow to admit all the facts that history may insist upon as inevitable.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{CHC1|vol=?|start=</ins>139<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>SpencerMarshhttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266352&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:42, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:42:51Z<p></p>
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</table>SpencerMarshhttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266349&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:39, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:39:15Z<p></p>
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</table>SpencerMarshhttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266348&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:38, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:38:43Z<p></p>
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</table>SpencerMarshhttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/index.php?title=Perpetrators_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Massacre&diff=266346&oldid=prevSpencerMarsh at 20:35, 19 June 20262026-06-19T20:35:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The events that transpired during the Mountain Meadows Massacre have rightfully lived in infamy; there is no explanation that can justify the murders of those five days in September, and we cannot fully understand them. In the words of one scholar, "the complete&mdash;the absolute&mdash;truth of the affair can probably never be evaluated by any human being; attempts to understand the forces which culminated in it and those which were set into motion by it are all very inadequate at best."<ref>Juanita Brooks, ''The Mountain Meadows Massacre<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Revised Edition, </del>(<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Norman, Oklahoma: </del>University of Oklahoma Press, 1991), 223.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The events that transpired during the Mountain Meadows Massacre have rightfully lived in infamy; there is no explanation that can justify the murders of those five days in September, and we cannot fully understand them. In the words of one scholar, "the complete&mdash;the absolute&mdash;truth of the affair can probably never be evaluated by any human being; attempts to understand the forces which culminated in it and those which were set into motion by it are all very inadequate at best."<ref>Juanita Brooks, ''The Mountain Meadows Massacre'' (University of Oklahoma Press, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1950; reprint </ins>1991), 223.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of the tragedy, efforts have been made to heal the wounds gouged into the collective American psyche 150 years ago. In the 1980s, descendants of the victims and the perpetrators met together to start bridging the divide and make peace with the past. In a series of meetings, the seeds of trust were planted, and a hopeful sense of accord started to bloom. On September 15, 1990, many of these descendants gathered together at Mountain Meadows to dedicate a memorial and marker to those who died there. The new memorial was a rendition of the original rock cairn constructed at the site by a military expedition under the direction of Major James H. Carleton about two years after the massacre.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of the tragedy, efforts have been made to heal the wounds gouged into the collective American psyche 150 years ago. In the 1980s, descendants of the victims and the perpetrators met together to start bridging the divide and make peace with the past. In a series of meetings, the seeds of trust were planted, and a hopeful sense of accord started to bloom. On September 15, 1990, many of these descendants gathered together at Mountain Meadows to dedicate a memorial and marker to those who died there. The new memorial was a rendition of the original rock cairn constructed at the site by a military expedition under the direction of Major James H. Carleton about two years after the massacre.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The principal perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre had their respective roles in planning, carrying out, and concealing the killings. Isaac C. Haight was the primary architect of the massacre. John D. Lee was a key participant who helped execute the plan and later stood trial. John Higbee was the militia officer who led forces to the Meadows. William H. Dame was the commanding officer who ultimately authorized militia involvement. Philip Klingensmith was a participant who later testified about the events. Responsibility for the massacre extended beyond any single individual and involved a network of local militia and church leaders in southern Utah. Some participants were later excommunicated, while Lee was the only individual convicted and executed for his role in the massacre. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page presents the </del>massacre <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </del>a locally planned and executed crime rather than an action directed by Church headquarters.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The principal perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre had their respective roles in planning, carrying out, and concealing the killings. Isaac C. Haight was the primary architect of the massacre. John D. Lee was a key participant who helped execute the plan and later stood trial. John Higbee was the militia officer who led forces to the Meadows. William H. Dame was the commanding officer who ultimately authorized militia involvement. Philip Klingensmith was a participant who later testified about the events. Responsibility for the massacre extended beyond any single individual and involved a network of local militia and church leaders in southern Utah. Some participants were later excommunicated, while Lee was the only individual convicted and executed for his role in the massacre. The massacre <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>a locally planned and executed crime rather than an action directed by Church headquarters.</div></td></tr>
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