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Response to claims made in Chapter 16: "Mountain Meadows Aftermath"


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Response to claim: 237 - Lee's biography, published by his lawyer after his death, claimed that the Church ordered the massacre

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

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.

FAIR's Response

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"

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

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.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 238 - Lee predicted that Brigham would die within six months of Lee's death if Lee were not guilty. Brigham died six months after Lee

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

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.

FAIR's Response

Response to claim: 293 - The author claims special insight into the LDS psyche

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

The author claims special insight into the LDS psyche.

FAIR's Response


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