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Response to claims made in Chapter 13: "Cedar City, April 7, 1859"


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Response to claim: 190 - According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down."

Author's sources: *Polly Aird, "Escape from Zion: The United States Army Escort of Mormon Apostates, 1859," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly 44/3 (Fall 2001): 196-237.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants."

Author's sources: *No source provided.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate."

Author's sources: *No source provided.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell."

Author's sources: *No source provided.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 193 - The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852."

Author's sources: *Aird, 197.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 200 - Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young"

The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:

Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young."

Author's sources: U.S. House of Representatives, Utah and the Mormons, 17.

FAIR's Response

Fact checking results: This claim is false

Paiute chiefs would have been unable to read any letter from Brigham Young, even if such had existed. [1]


Notes

  1. Robert D. Crockett, "The Denton Debacle (Review of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 135–148. off-site