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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 13
Response to claims made in Chapter 13: "Cedar City, April 7, 1859"
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Claim
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."
Author's source(s)
- Polly Aird, "Escape from Zion: The United States Army Escort of Mormon Apostates, 1859," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly 44/3 (Fall 2001): 196-237.
Response
- For a detailed response, see: Parrish-Potter murders
- For a detailed response, see: Utah/Crime and violence and Crime and violence in Utah
190
Claim
The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants."
Author's source(s)
- No source provided.
Response
190
Claim
The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate."
Author's source(s)
- No source provided.
Response
- For a detailed response, see: Utah/Crime and violence/Castration in the 1800's
190
Claim
The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell."
Author's source(s)
- No source provided.
Response
- For a detailed response, see: Mormonism and persecution/Danites
- For a detailed response, see: Danites in anti-Mormon polemic
- [needs work]
193
Claim
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."
Author's source(s)
- Aird, 197.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
200
Claim
Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young."
Author's source(s)
- U.S. House of Representatives, Utah and the Mormons, 17.
Response
- Absurd claim: Paiute chiefs would have been unable to read any letter from Brigham Young, even if such had existed. [1]
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