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}} | |sublink1=Response to claim: 190 - According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down" | ||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants" | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate" | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell" | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 193 - The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852" | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 200 - Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young" | |||
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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.