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* Mormons saw Indians as instrument of vengeance for Joseph's murder. | * Mormons saw Indians as instrument of vengeance for Joseph's murder. | ||
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* [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | * [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | ||
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* {{AuthorQuote|[Joseph Smith] plunged into new sealings to married women, sisters, and very young girls....}} | * {{AuthorQuote|[Joseph Smith] plunged into new sealings to married women, sisters, and very young girls....}} | ||
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* {{Prejudicial}} | * {{Prejudicial}} | ||
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* [[Plural_marriage_spiritual_manifestations|Divine manifestations to plural wives and their families]] | * [[Plural_marriage_spiritual_manifestations|Divine manifestations to plural wives and their families]] | ||
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*{{CrossRef:Denton:American Massacre|chap=3|pages=26}} | *{{CrossRef:Denton:American Massacre|chap=3|pages=26}} | ||
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* Innuendo about death of federal officials | * Innuendo about death of federal officials | ||
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* "Another troubling tendency of Bagley’s is his habit of almost—but not quite—accusing Mormondom of criminal acts for which there can be no answer because no real facts are given. Federal officials “died mysteriously” (39), and Wakara died “probably of pneumonia but perhaps from poison,” all following conflicts with Mormons (33)."{{ref|r.and.p.1}} | * "Another troubling tendency of Bagley’s is his habit of almost—but not quite—accusing Mormondom of criminal acts for which there can be no answer because no real facts are given. Federal officials “died mysteriously” (39), and Wakara died “probably of pneumonia but perhaps from poison,” all following conflicts with Mormons (33)."{{ref|r.and.p.1}} | ||
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* {{AuthorQuote|[missionaries] were called to prepare the Indians for their role in the | * {{AuthorQuote|[missionaries] were called to prepare the Indians for their role in the | ||
impending apocalypse....}} | impending apocalypse....}} | ||
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* [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | * [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | ||
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* Indians regarded by Mormons "as a weapon God had placed in their hands." | * Indians regarded by Mormons "as a weapon God had placed in their hands." | ||
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* [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | * [[../../Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance|Omissions: Indians as instrument of vengeance?]] | ||
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==Endnotes== | ==Endnotes== | ||
#{{note|r.and.p.1}} W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall, "review of ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'', by Will Bagley," ''Mormon Historical Studies'' (Spring 2003): 154. | #{{note|r.and.p.1}} W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall, "review of ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'', by Will Bagley," ''Mormon Historical Studies'' (Spring 2003): 154. | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 20 February 2010
| Chapter 1 | A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Will Bagley
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Chapter 3 |
Claims made in "Chapter 2: The Battle-Ax of the Lord"
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Claim
- Mormons saw Indians as instrument of vengeance for Joseph's murder.
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
27
Claim
- Author's quote: [Joseph Smith] plunged into new sealings to married women, sisters, and very young girls....
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
- Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 26.
- Prejudicial or loaded language
- Presentism or anachronism: "Marriages to very young girls"?
- "Sealings to married women"
- Divine manifestations to plural wives and their families
33
Claim
- Innuendo about death of federal officials
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
- "Another troubling tendency of Bagley’s is his habit of almost—but not quite—accusing Mormondom of criminal acts for which there can be no answer because no real facts are given. Federal officials “died mysteriously” (39), and Wakara died “probably of pneumonia but perhaps from poison,” all following conflicts with Mormons (33)."[1]
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Claim
- Author's quote: [missionaries] were called to prepare the Indians for their role in the
impending apocalypse....
Author's source(s)
- [ATTENTION!]
Response
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Claim
- Indians regarded by Mormons "as a weapon God had placed in their hands."
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
Endnotes
- [note] W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall, "review of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will Bagley," Mormon Historical Studies (Spring 2003): 154.