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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 4
Response to claims made in "Chapter Four: Winter Quarters—Council Bluffs, 1846"
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Response to claim: 42 - The author blames Col. Thomas Kane for helping to cover up the Massacre
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author blames Col. Thomas Kane for helping to cover up the Massacre.
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Response to claim: 53 - The author claims that John D. Lee was sent by Brigham to intercept the payroll from the Mormon battalion in order to consecrate it to the Church
The author(s) of American Massacre make(s) the following claim:
The author claims that John D. Lee was sent by Brigham to intercept the payroll from the Mormon battalion in order to consecrate it to the Church.
Author's sources: Brooks, John Doyle Lee, 95.
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