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|sublink1=Response to claim: 152 - The event was referred to as the "blood feast of the Danites" | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 152 - It is claimed that it is "inconceivable that a crime of this magnitude could have occurred" without being directly ordered by Brigham Young | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 153 - The author claims that the murderers reported that a "divine revelation from Brigham Young" was read aloud which commanded them to attack the "cursed gentiles" | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 154-155 - Helen Brockett "was told by her grandmother that her great-grandfather J.J. Davidson had been ordered by Brigham Young to go south to participate in the slaughter" | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 156 - The author claims that the Church invented the myth of "poisoned springs" | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 158 - It is claimed that on September 1, 1857, Brigham enlisted the support of the Indians "against the wagon train" | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 159 - The author claims that Indians were not involved with the massacre; it was all Mormons | |||
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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.
Introduction
Summary: Claims made in "Introduction: The Cairn" (xx–xxiii)Chapter 1
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 1: Palmyra, 1823" (3–11)Chapter 2
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 2: Kirtland/Far west, 1831" (12–21)Chapter 3
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 3: Nauvoo, 1840" (22–39)Chapter 4
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 4: Winter Quarters—Council Bluffs, 1846" (40–60)Chapter 5
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 5: Salt Lake City, August 24, 1849" (61–75)Chapter6
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 6: Sevier River, October 26, 1853" (76–92)Chapter 7
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 7: Harrison, March 29, 1857" (93-103)Chapter 8
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 8: Deseret, August 3, 1857" (104–117)Chapter 9
Summary: Claims made in "Chapter 9: The Southern Trail, August 3, 1857" (118-127)No claims in this chapter are addressed at the present time.