Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Index
Claims made in SECTION TITLE
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Claim
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Response
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Author's sources
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99
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- "[A]ll information about the emigrants' conduct came from men involved in their murder or cover-up."
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117 and others
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- The author frequently refers to dubious, anonymous, or folklore evidence without much skepticism.
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119-120
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- Account of William Hawley
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143
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- Account of William Hawley
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151
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- It is claimed that Jacob Hamblin's adoptive son Albert raped two women at the Massacre, which tales "cannot be discounted entirely."
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196
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- Brigham gave a gift of salt to the U.S. army, which it was implied was poisoned.
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220
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- Bagley claims to have found another source by John D. Lee, upon which he relies.
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- "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]
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- "Discursive remarks," anonymous manuscript in Utah State Historical Society archives. [ATTENTION!]
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304-305
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- 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.
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Endnotes
- [note] Robert D. Crockett, "A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets," FARMS Review 15/2 (2003): 199–254. off-site
