Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 18

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Claims made in "Chapter 18: For Water Will Not Do"

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Claim

• William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.

Author's source(s)

•  ^[ATTENTION!]

Response

•  The author's claim is false: Aden was killed 2-3 days before the massacre.^[1]

221n

Claim

• Brigham Young's letter instructing the Mormons to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later; there is question about its provenance and authenticity.

Author's source(s)

•  ^[ATTENTION!]

Response

•  The author's claim is false
• For a detailed response, see: Brigham's letter mysteriously "lost"?

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1. [note]  Craig L. Foster, "Doing Violence to Journalistic Integrity (Review of: "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of a Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 149–174. off-site