Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Chapter 7

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Chapter 6

A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Will Bagley

Chapter 8

Claims made in "Chapter 7: The Knife and Tomahawk"

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Claim

• The author dismisses the letter which Brigham Young wrote sparing the immigrants by writing, "Whatever the letter's intent, it carried a hidden but clear message for Isaac Haight: make sure the Mormons could blame whatever happened on the Paiutes."

Author's source(s)

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Response

•  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
•  Misrepresentation of source: Brigham Young ordered massacre?
• Brigham Young letter