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A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows

A work by author: Will Balgey

Claims made in SECTION TITLE

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
117		Use of sources: double standards of skepticism	^[ATTENTION!]
119-120	Account of William Hawley	Use of sources: William Hawley account	^[ATTENTION!]
143	Account of William Hawley	Use of sources: William Hawley account	^[ATTENTION!]
151	It is claimed that Jacob Hamblin's adoptive son Albert raped two women at the Massacre, which tales "cannot be discounted entirely."	Use of sources: Rape by Albert Hamblin?	^[ATTENTION!]
196	Brigham gave a gift of salt to the U.S. army, which it was implied was poisoned.	Use of sources: Gift of salt?	^[ATTENTION!]
220	Bagley claims to have found another source by John D. Lee, upon which he relies.	"Anonymous sources are usually worthless....Blood of the Prophets...spends several pages with the "Discursive Remarks,"...[and] attributes the work to John D. Lee, as if another Lee account can be trusted."^[1]	"Discursive remarks," anonymous manuscript in Utah State Historical Society archives. ^[ATTENTION!]
304-305	It is claimed that Jacob Hamblin's adoptive son Albert raped two women at the Massacre, and Hamblin would later blame this on John D. Lee.	Use of sources: Rape by Albert Hamblin?	^[ATTENTION!]

[note] Robert D. Crockett, "A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 199–254. off-site

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