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{{propaganda|Lee's self-serving effort to blame others for the massacre is not terribly persuasive in the absence of other corroborating evidence. There is a great deal of contemporaneous evidence which shows that it was ''local'' leaders who ordered the Massacre, not "the Church" or its general leaders such as Brigham Young. | {{propaganda|Lee's self-serving effort to blame others for the massacre is not terribly persuasive in the absence of other corroborating evidence. There is a great deal of contemporaneous evidence which shows that it was ''local'' leaders who ordered the Massacre, not "the Church" or its general leaders such as Brigham Young. | ||
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==Response to claim: 238 - Lee's book ''Mormonism Unveiled or Life & Confession of John D. Lee'' "has generally been determined valid and credible by later scholars of the event, though some have believed Bishop embellished it"== | ==Response to claim: 238 - Lee's book ''Mormonism Unveiled or Life & Confession of John D. Lee'' "has generally been determined valid and credible by later scholars of the event, though some have believed Bishop embellished it"== |
Chapter 15 | A FAIR Analysis of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, a work by author: Sally Denton
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Lee's biography, published by his lawyer after his death, claimed that the Church ordered the massacre.Author's sources:
- New York Herald, March 21, 1876.
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Salt Lake Daily Tribune
- Pioche Record, Pioche, Nevada.
Lee's book Mormonism Unveiled or Life & Confession of John D. Lee "has generally been determined valid and credible by later scholars of the event, though some have believed Bishop embellished it."Author's sources:
- Author's opinion.
Lee predicted that Brigham would die within six months of Lee's death if Lee were not guilty. Brigham died six months after Lee.Author's sources:
- Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 319.
The author claims special insight into the LDS psyche.Author's sources:
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