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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Chapter 7
Response to claims made in "Chapter 7: The Knife and Tomahawk"
| Chapter 6 | A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, a work by author: Will Bagley
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Chapter 8 |
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The author(s) of Check link or content make(s) the following 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."
FAIR's Response
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
- Misrepresentation of source: Brigham Young ordered massacre?
- Brigham Young letter