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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Chapter 9
Response to claims made in "Chapter 9: The Scene of Blood and Carnage"
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Response to claims made in Blood of the Prophets, "Chapter 9: The Scene of Blood and Carnage"
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- Response to claim: 170 - Brigham Young is claimed to have met with two Indian chiefs who then participated in the massacre
- Response to claim: 170 - Brigham Young is claimed to have "rewarded" Indian chief Tutsegabit for his role in the massacre by ordaining him to the priesthood
Response to claim: 170 - Brigham Young is claimed to have met with two Indian chiefs who then participated in the massacre
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
Brigham meets with two Indian chiefs (Tutsegabit and Youngwuds) on 1 September, who then participated in the massacre.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is false
these chiefs were not at Mountain Meadows.Response to claim: 170 - Brigham Young is claimed to have "rewarded" Indian chief Tutsegabit for his role in the massacre by ordaining him to the priesthood
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
Brigham supposedly "rewarded" Indian chief Tutsegabit for his role in the massacre by ordaining him to the priesthood.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim contains propaganda - The author, or the author's source, is providing information or ideas in a slanted way in order to instill a particular attitude or response in the reader
Dimmick Huntington said that Tutsegabit was ordained to "preach the gospel & baptize among the house of lsreal [sic]." [1]
Response to claim: 170a - Brigham Young is claimed to have "rewarded" Indian chief Arapeen with booty from the Massacre
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
Brigham supposedly "rewarded" Indian chief Arapeen with booty from the Massacre.
FAIR's Response
- Misrepresentation of source: Indian chief Arapeen given booty?
- Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 170.
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