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|title=Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows | |||
|author=Will Bagley | |||
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|section=Claims made in "Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Valley | |||
|previous=[[../Chapter 19|Chapter 19]] | |||
|next=[[../Appendix|Appendix]] | |||
|notes={{AuthorsDisclaimer}} | |||
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===Claims made in "Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Valley === | |||
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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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* {{Prejudicial}} | * {{Prejudicial}} | ||
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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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