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===Claims made in "Chapter 6: We Are American Citizens and Shall Not Move"===
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Revision as of 23:16, 19 February 2010


A FAIR Analysis of:
Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church
A work by author: Will Bagley

Claims made in "Chapter 6: We Are American Citizens and Shall Not Move"

Page Claim Response Author's sources

98

  •  [ATTENTION!]
  •  [ATTENTION!]

99

  •  Author's quote: ...[A]ll information about the emigrants' conduct came from men involved in their murder or cover-up....
  •  [ATTENTION!]
  • Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 121.

101

  • Mormons in American Fork refuse to trade with the Fancher party.
  •  [ATTENTION!]

114

  • Bowie knife to throat? [ATTENTION!]
  •  [ATTENTION!]

117 and others

  • The author frequently refers to dubious, anonymous, or folklore evidence without much skepticism.
  •  [ATTENTION!]

119-120

  • Account of William Hawley
  •  [ATTENTION!]

121

  • The author claims that Mountain Meadows was known among the Mormons as "a preferred location for the quiet execution of unpleasant tasks."
  •  [ATTENTION!]
  • Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 129.