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Contents
- 1 Response to claims made in "Chapter Four: Winter Quarters—Council Bluffs, 1846"
- 1.1 Response to claim: 42 - The author blames Col. Thomas Kane for helping to cover up the Massacre
- 1.2 Others often discussed in conjunction with the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- 1.3 Response to claim: 53 - The author claims that John D. Lee was sent by Brigham to intercept the payroll from the Mormon battalion in order to consecrate it to the Church
- 1.4 Response to claim: 54 - he author claims that Brigham declared "his own death and resurrection"
- 1.4.2 FAIR's Response
Response to claims made in "Chapter Four: Winter Quarters—Council Bluffs, 1846"
| Chapter 3 | A FAIR Analysis of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Sally Denton
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Chapter 5 |
Response to claim: 42 - The author blames Col. Thomas Kane for helping to cover up the Massacre
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author blames Col. Thomas Kane for helping to cover up the Massacre.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim contains propaganda - The author, or the author's source, is providing information or ideas in a slanted way in order to instill a particular attitude or response in the reader
This claim by the author is nonsense.
Others often discussed in conjunction with the Mountain Meadows Massacre
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Response to claim: 53 - The author claims that John D. Lee was sent by Brigham to intercept the payroll from the Mormon battalion in order to consecrate it to the Church
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author claims that John D. Lee was sent by Brigham to intercept the payroll from the Mormon battalion in order to consecrate it to the Church.Author's sources: Brooks, John Doyle Lee, 95.
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: 54 - he author claims that Brigham declared "his own death and resurrection"
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author claims that Brigham declared "his own death and resurrection."Author's sources:
- DeVoto, 454
- Kelly, 90.
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: 55 - The author claims that Brigham "overcame resistance" from the Council of the Twelve and "finalized his own ascendancy" in order to be "elevated to a deity"
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author claims that Brigham "overcame resistance" from the Council of the Twelve and "finalized his own ascendancy" in order to be "elevated to a deity."Author's sources: No source provided.
FAIR's Response
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Claim
The author claims that in Brigham's very first address to the Saints after arriving in the Salt Lake valley that he "gave an ominous warning to all who had come. From this point forward, anyone who refused to live the laws about to be set forth was free to leave."
Author's source(s)
- No source provided.
Response
- Internal contradiction: This contradicts what the author states on page 106, where she says that anyone that wanted to leave was "hunted down and killed"
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