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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.
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