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Mountain Meadows Massacre
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[[../Prosecution|Prosecution]]
Summary: Critics charge that Brigham Young blocked prosecution of those who committed the Mountain Meadows Massacre.- Was prosecution blocked by the Church?—
Brief Summary: Critics charge that actions of the institutional Church and/or local Mormons prevented federal officials from prosecuting those guilty of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Was prosecution blocked by the Church?—
[[../Thomas Kane|Thomas Kane]]
Summary: Critics who use the Mountain Meadows Massacre to attack the Church often mention non-LDS Col. Thomas Kane. Kane was a good friend to the Mormons prior to Joseph Smith's death, and he was also briefly involved in the Massacre issue. There are two issues raised by critics in conjunction with Kane: 1) some blame Kane for helping Brigham Young to cover up the Massacre, 2) some paint Kane as ridiculous, vain, or foolish—this is apparently done on the theory that anyone who likes or helps the Mormons must either be evil or a dupe.Brigham Young topics
Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre?
- Amerindians as instrument of vengeance? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Huntington diary says Indians to "raise allies" for the planned massacre? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Indian chief Arapeen given booty from Massacre? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Indian chiefs Tutsegabit and Youngwuds sent by Brigham to Mountain Meadows? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Indian chief Tutsegabit "rewarded" for massacre with priesthood ordination? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham's letter mysteriously lost? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham Young ordered MMM memorial demolished? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham Young and the prosecution of Mountain Meadows Massacre (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Church blocked prosecution? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Church interference in trials? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Deal with Brigham Young for massacre prosecution? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Frank Lee evidence? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - John D. Lee scapegoated? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Judge and the deal? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Prosecutors bribed? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Prosecution dictated to jurors? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Witnesses told what to say? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Orders to starve Gentiles? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Rape by Albert Hamblin? (Click here for full article)
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- Church blocked prosecution? (Click here for full article)
- Amerindians as instrument of vengeance? (Click here for full article)
September Dawn film (2007)
Personalities in Mountain Meadows
- Anonymous source: "Argus"
- Thomas Kane: cover-up?
- Bishop Philip Klingensmith
- Thomas Kane: negative portrayal
- George A. Smith carried orders?
- Worries about Capt. Stewart Van Vliet?
- Charles W. Wandell - the "Argus" source
Further reading
FairMormon web site
Videos
| Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Gene A. Sessions , 2003 FAIR Conference |
- Part 1:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Part 2:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Part 3:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Part 4:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Part 5:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Part 6:Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre