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|sublink1=Response to claim: 13 - It is claimed that Joseph stated that Independence Missouri was the site of the Garden of Eden and that the location of Far West was where Cain killed Abel | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 14 - Joseph became a "swaggering general in his Army of Israel" and that "drilling and pageantry were quite suddenly pervasive aspects of a once-pacific Kirtland existence" | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 14 - In Kirtland, Joseph "then initiated the secret rituals that would further repel their conventional Christian neighbors" | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 14 - The name of the Church was changed to the "Church of Latter-day Saints" in 1834 | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 14 - Emma is claimed to have driven "the girl" Fanny Alger out of her house | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 15 - Joseph issued his prophecy regarding the Civil War after visiting New York and hearing about how President Jackson should deal with "a rebellious South Carolina" | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 15 - Failure of the bank in Kirtland caused Joseph to leave Kirtland in the middle of the night | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: 16 - Joseph "organized a secret group of loyalists" called the Danites | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: 16 - The Danites introduced "blood atonement" who would "save" people by slitting their throats | |||
|sublink10=Response to claim: 20 - Joseph claimed to be a "second Mohammad" in a speech in Far West | |||
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Index to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows
A FAIR Analysis of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Sally Denton
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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within FairMormon Answers. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.