Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 12


Chapter 11
A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Sally Denton
 Chapter 13

Claims made in Chapter 12: "Cedar City, April 7, 1859"

Page Claim Response Author's sources

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

190
  • The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants."
  • No source provided.

190
  • The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate."
  • No source provided.

190
  • The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell."
  • No source provided.

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."
  • Aird, 197.

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."
  •  Absurd claim: Paiute chiefs would have been unable to read any letter from Brigham Young, even if such had existed.[1]
  • U.S. House of Representatives, Utah and the Mormons, 17.

Endnotes

  1. [note]  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
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