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* Author says that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it." | * Author says that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it." | ||
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*{{SourceDistortion}}: [[../../Use of sources/Alexander on reasons|Use of sources: Alexander on reasons]] | *{{SourceDistortion}}: [[../../Use of sources/Alexander on reasons|Use of sources: Alexander on reasons]] | ||
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* Thomas G. Alexander, ''Utah, the Right Place: The Official Centennial History'' (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995), 132. {{attn}} | * Thomas G. Alexander, ''Utah, the Right Place: The Official Centennial History'' (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995), 132. {{attn}} | ||
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* The massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings. | * The massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings. | ||
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* {{AuthorQuote|Early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance created the society that made the massacre possible if not inevitable....}} | * {{AuthorQuote|Early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance created the society that made the massacre possible if not inevitable....}} | ||
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| Chapter 19 | 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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Claims made in "Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Valley
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Claim
- Author says that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it."
Author's source(s) - Thomas G. Alexander, Utah, the Right Place: The Official Centennial History (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995), 132. [ATTENTION!]
- Misrepresentation of source: Use of sources: Alexander on reasons
378
Claim
- The massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings.
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
379
Claim
- Author's quote: Early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance created the society that made the massacre possible if not inevitable....
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
- Prejudicial or loaded language